jiē / lián / jǐ / cì / shī / bài / ràng / tā / huī / xīn / sàng / qì / chà / diǎn / fàng / qì / le / bǐ / sài

接连几次失败让他灰心丧气，差点放弃了比赛。

Several failures in a row left him so discouraged that he almost gave up the competition.