大五

dàwǔ
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 fifth-year undergraduate
  2. 2 student who stays an extra year in university

Examples

Wǒ yán bì le, xiànzài shì dàwǔ.
I delayed graduation, so now I'm a fifth-year.
Dàwǔ de xuézhǎng bǐ wǒmen hái jǐnzhāng zhǎo gōngzuò.
The fifth-year seniors are even more anxious about job hunting than we are.

Tips

culture
Chinese bachelor's degrees are standardly four years (大一 through 大四). 大五 is campus slang for an undergrad who delayed graduation () to prepare for postgrad exams (考研), civil service exams, or a better job offer.

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