落选 (luò xuǎn) — to lose an election or competition; to fail to be elected

Definition

Examples

• 他这次落选了，但下次还会继续努力。
  Tā zhè cì luò xuǎn le, dàn xià cì hái huì jì xù nǔ lì.
  He lost the election this time, but he will keep working hard next time.
• 他去年落过一次选，今年终于当选了。
  Tā qù nián luò guò yí cì xuǎn, jīn nián zhōng yú dāng xuǎn le.
  He once lost an election last year; this year he was finally elected.
• 很多人没想到他会落选，因为他一直很受欢迎。
  Hěn duō rén méi xiǎng dào tā huì luò xuǎn, yīn wèi tā yì zhí hěn shòu huān yíng.
  Many people didn't expect him to lose, because he had always been popular.