探花 tàn huā 🔊 candidate who came third in the Hanlin… + Review this word Meanings tàn huā candidate who came third in the Hanlin examination (cf. 狀元|状元[zhuang4 yuan2])(slang) to secretly film sex with a prostitute to share on the Internet Its characters 探tànto exploreHSK 7–9花huāflowerHSK 2