At 16, Lai passed the examination to enter Taipei Medical School (now the National Taiwan University School of Medicine), where he received his specialized training. You could say that Lai's education combined traditional culture with modern knowledge.
十六歲，賴和考進台北醫學校（今日台大醫學院），接受專門的醫事訓練，可以說賴和的教育背景，兼有傳統文化與現代知識的雙重經驗。