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連中三元 (lin4 zung3 saam1 jyun4) — hat trick, three goals or points scored by one player in one game in Cantonese

linˎ₄連zung˗₃中saamˉ¹三jyunˎ₄元
简 连中三元
Mandarin Pinyin: lian2 zhong4 san1 yuan2

Meaning of 連中三元

nounhat trick, three goals or points scored by one player in one game
nounto get a first qualification in imperial examinations at provincial, national and palace level successively

Characters in 連中三元

連lin4
even; to the extent of
中zung1
shortened form of China
三saam1
three; third; thrice
元jyun4
60 years (Chinese astrology)

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