虎こ榜ぼう

noun

pass card for higher Chinese civil service exams

Archaic term referring to a certificate or card indicating success in the higher-level Chinese imperial examinations (科挙). Not used in modern Japanese outside historical contexts.

See also: 科挙

• 科か挙きょの合ごう格かく者しゃには虎こ榜ぼうが与あたえられた。

  Those who passed the imperial examinations were given a tiger-list certificate.