擢第

擢第	zhuó dì	to pass the civil service examination (in imperial China)
擢	zhuó	to pull out / to select / to promote
第	dì	(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六 "sixth") / (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed / (old) residence of a high official / (literary) but; however / (literary) only; just