preliminary competition; to hold preliminary heats[cedict]
就
jiùㄐㄧㄡˋ
at once; right away; only; just (emphasis); as early as; already; as soon as; right away; then; in that case; as many as; even if; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; to suffer; subjected to; to accomplish; to take advantage of; to g[cedict]
被
bèiㄅㄟˋ
by (indicates passive-voice sentences or clauses); to cover; to wear[cedict]
淘汰
táo tàiㄊㄠˊ ㄊㄞˋ
to wash out; elimination (by selection); natural selection; to knock out (in a competition); to die out; to phase out[cedict]
过
guòㄍㄨㄛˋ
(experienced action marker); to cross; to go over; to pass (time); to celebrate (a holiday); to live; to get along; excessively; too-; surname Guo[cedict]
三
sānㄙㄢ
three; 3[cedict]
次
cìㄘˋ
next in sequence; second; the second (day, time etc); secondary; vice-; sub-; infra-; inferior quality; substandard; order; sequence; hypo- (chem., meaning extra oxygen atom); classifier for enumerated events: time[cedict]