竞赛 | jìng sài | to compete / to race / contest / competition / match / race |  |
争夺 | zhēng duó | to fight over / to contest / to vie over |  |
较量 | jiào liàng | to pit oneself against sb / to compete with sb / contest / battle / to haggle / to quibble |  |
对决 | duì jué | confrontation / contest / showdown |  |
角逐 | jué zhú | to tussle / to contend / to contest |  |
博弈 | bó yì | games (such as chess, dice etc) / gambling / contest |  |
比拼 | bǐ pīn | to compete fiercely / contest |  |
征选 | zhēng xuǎn | to call for entries and select the best / to solicit (entries, submissions, applications etc) / to select (the best candidate) / contest / competition |  |
比拚 | bǐ pàn | (Tw) to compete / contest |  |
锦标赛 | jǐn biāo sài | championship contest / championships |  |
比武 | bǐ wǔ | martial arts competition / tournament / to compete in a contest |  |
胜出 | shèng chū | to come out on top / to win (in an election, contest etc) / success / victory |  |
选美 | xuǎn měi | beauty contest |  |
半场 | bàn chǎng | half of a game or contest / half-court |  |
争先 | zhēng xiān | to compete to be first / to contest first place |  |
初赛 | chū sài | preliminary contest / initial heats of a competition |  |
改判 | gǎi pàn | (law) to amend a judgment / to commute / (in a contest or exam) to change the original decision or score |  |
临战 | lín zhàn | just before the contest / on the eve of war |  |
御敌 | yù dí | armed enemy of the nation / enemy of the Emperor / fig. championship challenger / contender opposing champion in sporting contest |  |
败阵 | bài zhèn | to be defeated on the battlefield / to be beaten in a contest |  |
打擂台 | dǎ lèi tái | (old) to fight on the leitai / (fig.) to enter a contest |  |
擂 | lèi | (bound form) platform for a martial art contest / Taiwan pr. [lei2] |  |
拉锯战 | lā jù zhàn | to-and-fro tussle / closely-fought contest |  |
比一比 | bǐ yi bǐ | to make a comparison / to engage in a contest |  |
两虎相争 | liǎng hǔ xiāng zhēng | lit. two tigers fighting (idiom) / fig. fierce contest between evenly matched adversaries |  |
得标 | dé biāo | to win a bid / to win a trophy in a contest / (jokingly) to get an STD |  |
歌唱赛 | gē chàng sài | song contest |  |
欧洲电视歌唱赛 | Oū zhōu diàn shì gē chàng sài | Eurovision song contest |  |
竞艳 | jìng yàn | vying to be the most glamorous / each more gorgeous than the other / beauty contest |  |
诤讼 | zhèng sòng | to contest a lawsuit |  |
选美比赛 | xuǎn měi bǐ sài | beauty contest |  |
欧洲歌唱大赛 | ōu zhōu gē chàng dà sài | Eurovision Song Contest |  |
不抗辩 | | no contest |  |
胜之不武 | shèng zhī bù wǔ | (fig.) to fight a one-sided battle / to have an unfair advantage in a contest |  |
大赛 | dà sài | grand contest |  |