在奥运会的竞赛中,金牌代表第一名,银牌代表第二名,铜牌是第三名。

In Olympic competitions, a gold medal is for first place, a silver medal for second, and a bronze medal is for third place.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
2 奥运会 Àoyùnhuì Olympic Games; the Olympics (abbr. for 奧林匹克運動會 Àolín Yùndònghuì)
=3 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=3 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=3 really and truly
=3 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
4 竞赛 jìngsài
  1. to compete; to race
  2. contest; competition; match; race
=5 Zhōng
  1. (bound form) China; Chinese
  2. surname Zhong
=5 zhōng
  1. within; among; in
  2. middle; center
  3. while (doing sth); during
  4. (dialect) OK; all right
=5 zhòng
  1. to hit (a target)
  2. to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc)
  3. to win (a prize or lottery)
6 金牌 jīnpái gold medal

classifier:

7 代表 dàibiǎo
  1. representative
  2. delegate
  3. to represent
  4. to stand for
  5. on behalf of
  6. in the name of

classifiers: , ,

8 第一名 míng first place
9 银牌 yínpái silver medal

classifier:

10 代表 dàibiǎo
  1. representative
  2. delegate
  3. to represent
  4. to stand for
  5. on behalf of
  6. in the name of

classifiers: , ,

=11 第二 èr
  1. second
  2. number two
  3. next
  4. secondary
=11 第二 dì'èr
  1. next
  2. second
  3. second; 2nd; number two
  4. secondly
12 míng
  1. name
  2. noun (part of speech)
  3. place (e.g. among winners)
  4. famous
  5. classifier for people
13 铜牌 tóngpái
  1. bronze medal
  2. bronze plaque bearing a business name or logo etc

classifier:

=14 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=14 shì variant of shì
15 第三 dì-sān
  1. third
  2. thirdly
16 míng
  1. name
  2. noun (part of speech)
  3. place (e.g. among winners)
  4. famous
  5. classifier for people