Many government jobs require a civil service examination; it's a test that you have to take.

许多政府职位需要公务员考试；这是你必须接受的考验。

After coming first in his local civil service examinations he made the move to Guangzhou to take on the provincial examinations.

在地方公务员考试中名列前茅后，他搬到广州参加乡试。

When Hong’s family were no longer able to afford his tuition fees, he became a tutor to make money and pursue his dream of passing the notoriously difficult civil service examinations.

当洪的家人再也负担不起他的学费时，他成为了一名家教来赚钱并实现他通过众所周知的公务员考试难度的梦想。