预赛
yù sài
Pinyin

Definition

预赛
 - 
yù sài
  1. preliminary competition
  2. to hold preliminary heats

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

比赛
bǐ sài
  1. 1 competition (sports etc)
  2. 2 match
  3. 3 CL:場|场[chǎng],次[cì]
  4. 4 to compete
决赛
jué sài
  1. 1 finals (of a competition)
赛
sài
  1. 1 to compete
  2. 2 competition
  3. 3 match
  4. 4 to surpass
  5. 5 better than
  6. 6 superior to
  7. 7 to excel
赛季
sài jì
  1. 1 season (sports)
赛车
sài chē
  1. 1 auto race
  2. 2 cycle race
  3. 3 race car
预告
yù gào
  1. 1 to forecast
  2. 2 to predict
  3. 3 advance notice
预报
yù bào
  1. 1 forecast
预测
yù cè
  1. 1 to forecast
  2. 2 to predict
预计
yù jì
  1. 1 to forecast
  2. 2 to predict
  3. 3 to estimate
预防
yù fáng
  1. 1 to prevent
  2. 2 to take precautions against
  3. 3 to protect
  4. 4 to guard against
  5. 5 precautionary
  6. 6 prophylactic
公开赛
gōng kāi sài
  1. 1 (sports) open championship
  2. 2 open (as in "the US Open")
冠军赛
guàn jūn sài
  1. 1 championship
半决赛
bàn jué sài
  1. 1 semifinals
参赛
cān sài
  1. 1 to compete
  2. 2 to take part in a competition
季后赛
jì hòu sài
  1. 1 a playoff
干预
gān yù
  1. 1 to meddle
  2. 2 to intervene
  3. 3 intervention
球赛
qiú sài
  1. 1 sports match
  2. 2 ballgame
  3. 3 CL:場|场[chǎng]
竞赛
jìng sài
  1. 1 race
  2. 2 competition
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
联赛
lián sài
  1. 1 (sports) league
  2. 2 league tournament
赛事
sài shì
  1. 1 competition (e.g. sporting)

Idioms (5)

三个臭皮匠，赛过一个诸葛亮
sān gè chòu pí jiang , sài guò yī gè Zhū gě Liàng
  1. 1 lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom
  2. 2 wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual
三个臭皮匠，赛过诸葛亮
sān gè chòu pí jiang , sài guò Zhū gě Liàng
  1. 1 lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom
  2. 2 wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual
出乎预料
chū hū yù liào
  1. 1 beyond expectation (idiom); unexpected
勿谓言之不预
wù wèi yán zhī bù yù
  1. 1 (idiom) don't say you haven't been forewarned (threat used by the PRC in international diplomacy)
田忌赛马
Tián Jì sài mǎ
  1. 1 Tian Ji races his horses (and accepts one loss in order to ensure two wins) (idiom)

Sample Sentences

预赛
yùsài
preliminary competition; heats
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预赛应该也很精彩。
yùsài yīnggāi yě hěn jīngcǎi 。
The preliminaries ought to be great too.
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有啊。不过大多数都是预赛。
yǒu a 。bùguò dàduōshù dōu shì yùsài 。
Yes. But most of them are preliminaries.
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