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  1. 科舉時代會試春季舉行春闈」。警世通言·一一·知縣》:來年春闈得第衣錦還鄉。」紅樓夢·第一》:正當大比作速春闈不負。」春試」。

  2. 宮殿舊唐書·八九·》:春闈豈敢緘默!」·王勃釋迦〉:寶殿龍顏大悅春闈。」

metropolitan civil service examination (held triennially in spring in imperial times)​, Crown Prince's chambers, by extension, the Crown Prince