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初赛

/ chūsài / 
Strokes

Definition

preliminary contest/initial heats of a competition

Example

As a Noun

preliminary contest; preliminary; initial heat/round of a competition

1
Wǒduì
我队
zài
在
chūsài
初赛
zhōng
中
jiù
就
bèi
被
dǎbài
打败
le
了
  
。

Our team got beaten in the first round of the competition.

2
Tā
她
zài
在
sàipǎo
赛跑
chūsài
初赛
zhōng
中
yíng
赢
le
了
  
,
juésài
决赛
què
却
shū
输
le
了
  
。

She won the first heat, but lost the final race.