亚军 (亞軍)
yà jūn
Pinyin

Definition

亚军 (亞軍)
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yà jūn
  1. second place (in a sports contest)
  2. runner-up

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

三亚
Sān yà
  1. 1 Sanya prefecture level city, Hainan
亚
Yà
  1. 1 Asia
  2. 2 Asian
  3. 3 Taiwan pr. [Yǎ]
亚洲
Yà zhōu
  1. 1 Asia
  2. 2 abbr. for 亞細亞洲|亚细亚洲[Yà xì yà Zhōu]
亚军
yà jūn
  1. 1 second place (in a sports contest)
  2. 2 runner-up
冠军
guàn jūn
  1. 1 champion
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (10)

全军覆没
quán jūn fù mò
  1. 1 total defeat of an army (idiom); fig. a complete wipeout
全党全军
quán dǎng quán jūn
  1. 1 the (communist) party and the army together (idiom)
千军易得，一将难求
qiān jūn yì dé , yī jiàng nán qiú
  1. 1 Easy to raise an army of one thousand, but hard to find a good general. (idiom)
千军万马
qiān jūn wàn mǎ
  1. 1 magnificent army with thousands of men and horses (idiom); impressive display of manpower
  2. 2 all the King's horses and all the King's men
孤军奋战
gū jūn fèn zhàn
  1. 1 lit. lone army putting up a brave fight (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of a person or group of people) struggling hard without support

Sample Sentences

没错，不过让人兴奋的是，中国队竟然成了一匹大黑马，获得了本次接力赛的亚军，对手如此强大，获得这个成绩也是很不容易啊！
méicuò ，bùguò ràngrén xīngfèn de shì ，zhōngguó duì jìngrán chéng le yī pǐ dà hēimǎ ，huòdé le běncì jiēlìsài de yàjūn ，duìshǒu rúcǐ qiángdà ，huòdé zhè ge chéngjì yě shì hěnbù róngyì ā ！
That's right, but what excited people was that the Chinese team was a bit of a dark horse, coming in second in the relay race. With such strong opponents, this in itself was quite an achievement!
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