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人臻五福花满三春
May People Enjoy a Life Full of Blessings and May Flowers Bloom Throughout the Spring
一甲一名
Number One scholar
一品当朝
Highest ranking official
一品清廉
Virtuous high—ranking official
一琴一鹤
One qin and one crane
一路连科
Continual success in examinations
一路荣华
Glory all one’s life
二甲传胪
The enumeration of top students
八骏马
Eight fine horses
九 章
Nine decorative patterns
九 锡
The emperor’s nine gifts
九 雏
Nine nestlings
三 清
Three Taoist Gods
三元五福
Three top students and five happinesses
三元及第
Three top students in the imperial examinations
三元报喜
The announcement of a top student in the imperial examinations
大人虎变
Unpredictable changes of powerful people
孔子讲学
Confucius teaching
夕牛望日
An old OX looks at the sun
马上封侯
Immediately become a high official
云龙风虎
Dragon of the cloud，tiger of the wind
太师少师
Old and young imperial teachers
太师童子
Old and young imperial teachers
五 瑞
Five propitious kinds of iade
五子登科
Five sons passing the imperial examinations
五子连登
Five sons passing the imperial examinations
五子连科
Five sons passing the imperial examinations
五子日升
Five sons like the rising sun
五子夺冠
Five sons become champions
五子夺莲
Five sons compete for the lotus
五子夺魁
Five sons become top students
丹凤朝阳
The phoenix flies towards the sun
凤鸣朝阳
The phoenix sings towards the sun
朝阳鸣凤
The sun rises and the phoenixes sing
文武状元
Number One scholars
文官补子
The decoration of a civil official’s uniform
武官补子
The decoration of a military official’s uniform
夫荣妻贵
A glorious husband，a noble wife
玉树芝兰
The noble magnolia，irises and orchids
玉树临风
Magnolia faces the wind
平升三级
Be promoted three grades in succession
四艺集雅
Four civilized arts
加官进禄
Promotion and salary increase
加官进爵
Promotion
玄女送子
A child—sending goddess
百忍图
The picture of great tolerance
百禄图
A picture of great wealth and good fortune
百鸟朝凤
One hundred birds pay tribute to the phoenix
芝兰竞秀
Irises and orchids compete
当朝一品
The Number One government official
如意状元
Number One candidate
伦叙图
A picture of ethical standards
旭日东升
The sun rises from the east
兰桂齐芳
The orchid and the sweet—scented osmanthus blossom together
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