折桂

zhé guì

to win the laurels

to pass an imperial examination; to win a championship

zhé

variant of 折[zhe2]

guì

abbr. for Guangxi Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区[Guang3 xi1 Zhuang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]