预赛 (yù sài) — (noun) preliminary competition, preliminaries; (verb) to hold preliminary heats, to conduct preliminaries
Definition
预赛 (yù sài) names the preliminary round of a tournament — the heats before the 决赛 (finals). Unlike 参赛 ('take part in a competition') or 竞赛 ('compete / race'), it refers to the stage of the event, not the act of competing.
noun
preliminary competitionpreliminaries
verb
to hold preliminary heatsto conduct preliminaries
Measure word · 场
Examples
- 预赛。Tā tōng guò le yù sài.He passed the preliminaries.
- 预赛。Xué xiào míng tiān yù sài suǒ yǒu xiàng mù.The school will hold preliminaries for all events tomorrow.
- 预赛。yù sài De chéng jì jué dìng le jué sài zī gé.The preliminary results determine qualification for the finals.
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