在上一届世界杯上,新西兰在比赛中被墨西哥淘汰。

In the last World Cup, New Zealand was knocked out of the competition by Mexico.

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 shǎng used in 上声 shǎngshēng
=2 shàng
  1. (bound form) up; upper; above; previous
  2. first (of multiple parts)
  3. to climb; to get onto; to go up
  4. to attend (class or university)
  5. (directional complement) up
  6. (noun suffix) on; above
3
  1. one
  2. single
  3. a (article)
  4. as soon as
  5. entire; whole; all; throughout
  6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  7. also pr. yāo for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
4 jiè
  1. to arrive at (place or time)
  2. period
  3. to become due
  4. classifier for events, meetings, elections, sporting fixtures, years (of graduation)
=5 世界杯 Shìjièbēi World Cup
=5 世界杯 shìjièbēi
  1. (Shanghainese, humorous, slang) washroom; bathroom
  2. washroom; bathroom
  3. world cup
=6 shǎng used in 上声 shǎngshēng
=6 shàng
  1. (bound form) up; upper; above; previous
  2. first (of multiple parts)
  3. to climb; to get onto; to go up
  4. to attend (class or university)
  5. (directional complement) up
  6. (noun suffix) on; above
7 新西兰 Xīnlán New Zealand
8 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)
9 比赛 sài
  1. competition (sports etc)
  2. match
  3. to compete

classifiers: ,

=10 Zhōng
  1. (bound form) China; Chinese
  2. surname Zhong
=10 zhōng
  1. within; among; in
  2. middle; center
  3. while (doing sth); during
  4. (dialect) OK; all right
=10 zhòng
  1. to hit (a target)
  2. to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc)
  3. to win (a prize or lottery)
=11 bèi
  1. quilt
  2. to cover (with)
  3. (literary) to suffer (a misfortune)
  4. used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb)
  5. (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 bèilu:yóu to "go on a trip")
=11
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)
  2. alternative form of (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)
=11
  1. alternative form of (bǐ, “that”)
  2. alternative form of (bì, “wig”)
=11 alternative form of
12 墨西哥 Mexico
13 淘汰 táotài
  1. to wash out
  2. (fig.) to cull
  3. to weed out
  4. to eliminate
  5. to die out
  6. to phase out