淘 táo
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 匋 pottery
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
淘汰
táotài
to eliminate, to be eliminated
Characters in this word
汰 tài
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 太 very, too much
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这家公司如果不及时创新，很快就会被市场淘汰。 Zhè jiā gōngsī rúguǒ bù jíshí chuàngxīn, hěn kuài jiù huì bèi shìchǎng táotài. If this company does not innovate in time, it will soon be eliminated by the market.
- 这种旧手机已经被淘汰，现在很少有人用。 Zhè zhǒng jiù shǒujī yǐjīng bèi táotài, xiànzài hěn shǎo yǒu rén yòng. This kind of old phone has become obsolete, and few people use it now.
- 第一轮比赛后，有一半的选手被淘汰了。 Dì yī lún bǐsài hòu, yǒu yíbàn de xuǎnshǒu bèi táotài le. After the first round, half of the contestants were eliminated.
Related words
- 淘气 táoqì naughty
- 淘 táo to wash in water; to search out; to buy selectively
- 优胜劣汰 yōushèngliètài survival of the fittest; the strong survive and the weak are eliminated
- 丧失 sàngshī to lose
- 优化 yōuhuà to optimize
- 剩余 shèngyú remaining, surplus
- 再生 zàishēng to regenerate, to recycle
- 衰老 shuāilǎo to age, to grow old
- 还原 huányuán to restore, to return to original state
- 尽 jìn to exhaust, to use up; (to the utmost)
- 融化 rónghuà to melt
- 开创 kāichuàng to start, to initiate