淘汰

táo tài · tao tai

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. to wash out
  2. (fig.) to cull
  3. to weed out
  4. to eliminate
  5. to die out
  6. to phase out

In a sentence

2 examples
01

在(zài)上(shàng)一(yí)届(jiè)世(shì)界(jiè)杯(bēi)上(shàng),新(xīn)西(xī)兰(lán)在(zài)比(bǐ)赛(sài)中(zhōng)被(bèi)墨(mò)西(xī)哥(gē)淘(táo)汰(tài)。

In the last World Cup, New Zealand was knocked out of the competition by Mexico.

Tatoeba: Chinese by trieuho · English by trieuho · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

这(zhè)种(zhǒng)旧(jiù)机(jī)器(qì)早(zǎo)就(jiù)被(bèi)淘(táo)汰(tài)了(le)。

This kind of old machine was phased out long ago.

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