HSK 7-9
叫板
jiàobǎn动
to signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song); (coll.) to challenge
新选手公开向冠军叫板。
Xīn xuǎn shǒu gōng kāi xiàng guàn jūn jiào bǎn.
The new contestant openly challenged the champion.
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Appears across levels (7-9) in the HSK 3.0 word list.