蝉联 chán lián

to defend a championship

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 25832nd word

Definitions

  1. 1. to defend a championship
  2. 2. (to win a title) in successive years
  3. 3. to stay at number one
  4. 4. to continue in a post
  5. 5. (to hold a post) several times in succession

Characters

Character Meaning
蝉 chán
cicada
联 lián HSK 4
to join; to unite; to ally