連中三元
simp连中三元lin4 zung3 saam1 jyun4lián zhòng sān yuán
English
- (old) to rank first in the imperial examinations at the provincial capital, the national capital and the palace successively
- to get a first qualification in imperial examinations at provincial, national and palace level successively
- (sports etc) to achieve three successes in a row (three matches in a row, three goals in a match etc)
- in Chinese history, a person getting first rank in all three levels of the imperial civil service examination : triennial provincial exam, metropolitan exam and court exam ----
- soccer jargon; means the same player has goal the third time in a match
粵語 — Cantonese
- 本義指喺科舉考試入面三級考試全部獲取第一,即係鄉試獲「解元」、會試獲「會元」、同殿試獲「狀元」
- 比喻接連獲勝。現代則多用於足球術語,指同一球員喺同一場比賽射入三球
Examples
今晚7號仔狀態大勇,已經連中三元喇,厲害厲害!
Tonight No.7 is so powerful, it's already his third scores, gorgeous !
Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk