高考 (gāo kǎo): Gaokao, college entrance examination

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HSK 4noun

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college entrance exam (especially as abbr. for 普通高等學校招生全國統一考試|普通高等学校招生全国统一考试[Pu3 tong1 Gao1 deng3 Xue2 xiao4 Zhao1 sheng1 Quan2 guo2 Tong3 yi1 Kao3 shi4])
(Tw) entrance exam for senior government service posts (abbr. for 公務人員高等考試|公务人员高等考试)
college entrance exam
the national college entrance examination in mainland China (abbr. for 普通高等学校招生全国统一考试)
(Taiwan) senior civil service examination (abbr. for 公务人员高等考试)

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HSK 2

high

HSK 2

to beat

The gaokao is an important exam for Chinese students to enter university.

He studies until very late every day for the gaokao.

The gaokao results will be announced next week.

Many parents are very nervous during the gaokao period.

After the gaokao, students start choosing universities.

He is going to take the college entrance exam this year.

The college entrance exam results will be announced next month.

For the college entrance exam, she studies until very late every day.

The college entrance exam is very stressful for many students.

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