賽

sài = s + ai4

to compete / competition / match / to surpass / better than / superior to / to excel

赛 = 宀 + 井 + 丌 + 贝 : Socrates (s) and the crab (贝) are competing in a competition (赛) in the airplane's bathroom (ai4). The competition is about stacking wells (井) as high as possible. After time's up, Socrates is the clear winner. He climbs the winner's pedestal (丌) and receives a honorary PhD and thus a graduation cap (宀).

賽 character breakdown

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Characters with 賽 as component

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Words with 賽

(sports) open championship / open (as in "the US Open")

championship

Versailles (near Paris) / (slang) to humblebrag / ostensibly modest, but in fact boastful

world championship

individual competition / individual race

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

Versace (fashion brand) (Tw)

the Palace of Versailles, France

preliminary contest / initial heats of a competition

to compete / to take part (in a sports event)

to compete again (i.e. either have a rematch or, when the scores are tied, have extra time)

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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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lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom / wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual

Book of Isaiah

Bethsaida, settlement on the shore of the Sea of Galilee mentioned in the New Testament

quarterfinals

road race

a replay (of sports match) / a play-off

(slang) social media post whose purpose is to humblebrag

keirin cycle race (paced stadium event) (loanword from Japanese 競輪 "keirin")

Sentences with 賽

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