回合 huí hé one of a sequence of contests (or subdivisions of a contest) between the same two opponents / round (boxing etc) / rally (tennis etc) / frame (billiards etc) / inning / (tennis, soccer etc) rubber or leg / round (of negotiations) syn 竞赛 競賽 jìng sài to compete / to race / contest / competition / match / race syn 争夺 爭奪 zhēng duó to fight over / to contest / to vie over syn 选美 選美 xuǎn měi beauty contest 角逐 jué zhú to tussle / to contend / to contest syn 较量 較量 jiào liàng to pit oneself against sb / to compete with sb / contest / battle / to haggle / to quibble syn 夺冠 奪冠 duó guàn to seize the crown / fig. to win a championship / to win gold medal 比武 bǐ wǔ martial arts competition / tournament / to compete in a contest 公开赛 公開賽 gōng kāi sài (sports) open championship / open (as in "the US Open") 冠军赛 冠軍賽 guàn jūn sài championship 卫冕 衛冕 wèi miǎn to defend the crown (in sports championship) syn 亚军 亞軍 yà jūn second place (in a sports contest) / runner-up 蝉联 蟬聯 chán lián to continue in a post / (to hold a post) several times in succession / (to win a title) in successive years / to stay at number one / to defend a championship syn 胜出 勝出 shèng chū to come out on top / to win (in an election, contest etc) / success / victory syn 博弈 bó yì games (such as chess, dice etc) / gambling / contest syn 世锦赛 世錦賽 shì jǐn sài world championship 改判 gǎi pàn (law) to amend a judgment / to commute / (in a contest or exam) to change the original decision or score 折桂 zhé guì to win the laurels / to pass an imperial examination / to win a championship syn 初赛 初賽 chū sài preliminary contest / initial heats of a competition 败阵 敗陣 bài zhèn to be defeated on the battlefield / to be beaten in a contest syn 争先 爭先 zhēng xiān to compete to be first / to contest first place syn 德比 dé bǐ (sports) (loanword) derby (contest between local rivals) 临战 臨戰 lín zhàn just before the contest / on the eve of war 捧杯 pěng bēi to hold the winner's trophy / to win the championship 对决 對決 duì jué confrontation / contest / showdown 比拼 bǐ pīn to compete fiercely / contest 半场 半場 bàn chǎng half of a game or contest / half-court 御敌 禦敵 yù dí armed enemy of the nation / enemy of the Emperor / fig. championship challenger / contender opposing champion in sporting contest 一决雌雄 一決雌雄 yī jué cí xióng to have a showdown / to fight for mastery / to compete for a championship syn 刷 shuā a brush / to paint / to daub / to brush / to scrub / (fig.) to remove / to eliminate (from a contest) / to fire (from a job) / (onom.) swish / rustle / to swipe (a card) / to scroll on (a phone) / (gaming) to grind / to farm (for experience points, equipment, levels etc) syn 擂 lèi (bound form) platform for a martial art contest / Taiwan pr. [lei2] syn 打擂台 打擂臺 dǎ lèi tái (old) to fight on the leitai / (fig.) to enter a contest syn 拉锯战 拉鋸戰 lā jù zhàn to-and-fro tussle / closely-fought contest 可望取胜者 可望取勝者 kě wàng qǔ shèng zhě favorite (to win a race or championship) / well-placed contestant 团体冠军 團體冠軍 tuán tǐ guàn jūn group championship 无取胜希望者 無取勝希望者 wú qǔ shèng xī wàng zhě outsider (i.e. not expected to win a race or championship) 超级杯 超級盃 chāo jí bēi Super Cup (various sports) / Super Bowl (American football championship game) 超级碗 超級碗 chāo jí wǎn Super Bowl (American football championship game) 封王 fēng wáng to win the championship / (of an emperor) to bestow the title of king on a subject 比一比 bǐ yi bǐ to make a comparison / to engage in a contest 两虎相争 兩虎相爭 liǎng hǔ xiāng zhēng lit. two tigers fighting (idiom) / fig. fierce contest between evenly matched adversaries 得标 得標 dé biāo to win a bid / to win a trophy in a contest / (jokingly) to get an STD 歌唱赛 歌唱賽 gē chàng sài song contest 欧洲电视歌唱赛 歐洲電視歌唱賽 ōu zhōu diàn shì gē chàng sài Eurovision song contest 竞艳 競艷 jìng yàn vying to be the most glamorous / each more gorgeous than the other / beauty contest 诤讼 諍訟 zhèng sòng to contest a lawsuit 选美比赛 選美比賽 xuǎn měi bǐ sài beauty contest 马上比武 馬上比武 mǎ shàng bǐ wǔ tournament (contest in Western chivalry) / jousting 欧洲歌唱大赛 歐洲歌唱大賽 ōu zhōu gē chàng dà sài Eurovision Song Contest 不抗辩 不抗辯 no contest 胜之不武 勝之不武 shèng zhī bù wǔ (fig.) to fight a one-sided battle / to have an unfair advantage in a contest 征选 徵選 zhēng xuǎn to call for entries and select the best / to solicit (entries, submissions, applications etc) / to select (the best candidate) / contest / competition 大赛 大賽 dà sài grand contest 比拚 bǐ pàn (Tw) to compete / contest 