gāo kǎo
college entrance exam (especially as abbr. for 普通高等學校招生全國統一考試|普通高等学校招生全国统一考试[Pu3 tong1 Gao1 deng3 Xue2 xiao4 Zhao1 sheng1 Quan2 guo2 Tong3 yi1 Kao3 shi4])
entrance exam for senior government service posts (Taiwan)
pǔ tōng gāo děng xué xiào zhāo shēng quán guó tǒng yī kǎo shì
China's national college entrance examination
usually abbreviated to 高考[gāo kǎo]