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 |  | finals (of a competition)   | HSK 3  | 
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 |  | grand prix   | HSK 5  | 
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 |  | competition (sports etc)   / match   / CL: 場|场,  次 / to compete   | HSK 3  | 
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 |  | grand contest   | HSK 6  | 
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 |  | (sports) league  / league tournament   | HSK 6  | 
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 |  | racetrack  / field (for athletics competition)   | HSK 6  | 
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 |  | auto race  / cycle race  / race car   | HSK 7-9  | 
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 |  | to compete  / to take part in a competition   | HSK 6  | 
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 |  | semifinals   | HSK 6  | 
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 |  | sporting competition   |  | 
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 |  | championship   |  | 
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 |  | stadium  / playing field for a competition   |  | 
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 |  | to compete  / competition  / match  / to surpass  / better than  / superior to  / to excel   | HSK 6  | 
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 |  | rally (car race) (loanword)   |  | 
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 |  | (slang) social media post whose purpose is to humblebrag   |  | 
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 |  | to censor an image  / to pixelate   |  | 
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 |  | world championship   |  | 
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 |  | finals (sports)   |  | 
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 |  | relay race   |  | 
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 |  | quarterfinals   |  | 
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 |  | competition (e.g. sporting)   |  | 
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 |  | to start a match  / the kick-off   |  | 
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 |  | lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom  / wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual   |  | 
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 |  | Husain or Hussein (name)  / Hussein (c. 626-680), Muslim leader whose martyrdom is commemorated at Ashura  / Saddam Hussein al Tikriti (1937-2006), dictator of Iraq 1979-2003   |  | 
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 |  | time trial (e.g. in cycle race)  / timed race  / competition against the clock   |  | 
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 |  | the Palace of Versailles, France   |  | 
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 |  | arms race  / armament(s) race   |  | 
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 |  | stroke play (golf)   |  | 
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 |  | stroke play (golf)   |  | 
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 |  | to finish a competition; to complete a race (without withdrawing partway through)   |  | 
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 |  | soccer match  / soccer competition   |  | 
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 |  | (sports) to have an additional tie-breaking match or period of play; to have a playoff   |  | 
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 |  | friendly match; friendly competition   |  | 
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 |  | Gypsy   |  | 
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 |  | race (running)  / to race (running)   | HSK 7-9  | 
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 |  | beauty contest   |  | 
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 |  | repechage (supplementary qualifying round in sports)   |  | 
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 |  | Eurovision Song Contest   |  | 
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 |  | semifinal   |  | 
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 |  | (sports) open championship; open (as in "the US Open")   |  | 
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 |  | lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom  / wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual   |  | 
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 |  | Tian Ji races his horses (and accepts one loss in order to ensure two wins) (idiom)   |  | 
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 |  | race course   |  | 
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 |  | warm-up match; a friendly   |  | 
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 |  | season (sports)   |  | 
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 |  | Seth (name)   |  | 
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 |  | preliminary competition  / to hold preliminary heats   | HSK 7-9  | 
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 |  | Versailles (near Paris)  / (slang) to humblebrag  / ostensibly modest, but in fact boastful   |  | 
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 |  | race of several days  / many day competition   |  | 
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 |  | single-elimination open tournament (the winner stays on until he is himself defeated)   |  | 
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 |  | 100-meter dash   |  | 
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 |  | England premier soccer league   |  | 
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 |  | exhibition match   |  | 
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 |  | cycle race   |  | 
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 |  | (loanword) cyberpunk   |  | 
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 |  | song contest   |  | 
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 |  | field events (athletics competition)   |  | 
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 |  | to compete again (i.e. either have a rematch or, when the scores are tied, have extra time)   |  | 
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 |  | chess game   |  | 
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 |  | competition format; tournament system (e.g. round robin, single-elimination knockout etc)   |  | 
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 |  | (sports) overtime  / extra time  / play-off   |  | 
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 |  | Subway (fast food restaurant)   |  | 
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 |  | preliminary contest  / initial heats of a competition   |  | 
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 |  | Pharisee   |  | 
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 |  | (sports) regular season   |  | 
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 |  | sporting event  / item on program of sports competition   |  | 
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 |  | track   |  | 
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 |  | championship contest  / championships   |  | 
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 |  | eighth finals   |  | 
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 |  | race course  / race ground  / race track   |  | 
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 |  | cross-country running   |  | 
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 |  | round-robin tournament   |  | 
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 |  | (sports) semifinal or quarterfinal  / to compete in a semifinal (or a quarterfinal)   |  | 
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 |  | additional competition  / play-off  / decider   |  | 
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 |  | psi (Greek letter Ψψ)   |  | 
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 |  | (Tw) to defecate; to take a crap (from Taiwanese  放屎, Tai-lo pr. [pàng-sái])   |  | 
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 |  | to ban (an athlete) from competitions   |  | 
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 |  | marathon race   |  | 
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 |  | track events (athletics competition)   |  | 
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 |  | horse race  / horse racing   |  | 
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 |  | individual competition  / individual race   |  | 
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 |  | competition schedule  / the course of a race   |  | 
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 |  | boat race  / racing ship or boat   |  | 
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 |  | Tour de France cycle race   |  | 
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 |  | to compete  / to take part (in a sports event)   |  | 
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 |  | Gypsy   |  | 
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 |  | boat race  / racing ship or boat  / rowing (sport)   |  | 
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 |  | to race dragon boats   |  | 
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 |  | Hoboksar Mongol autonomous county or Qobuqsar Mongghul aptonom nahiyisi in Tacheng prefecture  塔城地區|塔城地区, Xinjiang   |  | 
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