A、B 分列第…
to take … places respectively (in a ranking or result)
Structure
名词A 、 名词B 分列 （榜单） 第 名次1 、 第 名次2 （名／位）
What it means
Several subjects take places in a ranking respectively, in the order named: the first name takes the first place listed.
How it is built
A、B + 分列 + 第X、第Y (名／位): 上海队和广州队分列第二、第三名 (Shanghai came second and Guangzhou third). A range works too: 分列前两位.
When to use it
News, election results and rankings, usually after the winner: 冠军是北京队，A、B分列…. In speech say B是第二，C是第三. 并列第二 means “tied for second”.
Watch out
Keep names and places in the same order and number: ✗ 上海队和广州队分列第二名 ✓ 分列第二、第三名. 被列为 (listed as) gives one subject a status, not a rank.
Examples
四川音乐学院的学生李宇春得到三百五十二万多票，周笔畅、张靓颖分列第二、第三名。
Li Yuchun, a student at the Sichuan Conservatory of Music, received more than 3.52 million votes, with Zhou Bichang second and Zhang Liangying third.
这次比赛的冠军是北京队，上海队和广州队分列第二、第三名。
Beijing won the competition, with Shanghai second and Guangzhou third.
在这份出口商品榜单上，手机和电脑分列前两位。
On this list of exports, mobile phones and computers take the top two places.
Learn this in Lesson 232 · HSK 9+: 超级女声 (Super Girl: the show that taught China to vote)
A dialogue, a reading, word cards with audio and a drill that uses it, in Learn Chinese with Bao. This lesson is free.
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