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汰

tài

Meanings

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tài
  1. 1.to discard
  2. 2.to eliminate

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.to rinse; to wash away
  2. 2.to discard; to eliminate through competition or selection
  3. 3.arrogant
  4. 4.extravagant, excessive
  5. 5.do not; don't
  6. 6.forget it; forget about it

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *tʰaːds): semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 太 (OC *tʰaːds).

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Components

汰氵太

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Synonyms

勿莫₁毋無別不要別要別價甭價嫑甭₁休不敢不莫要咪咪個唔好冇唔要無好毛冇要毋要毋愛毋好毋敢莫₂唔愛播

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Derived terms

優勝劣汰优胜劣汰刪汰删汰單淘汰单淘汰天然淘汰汰侈汰換汰换沙汰汰舊換新汰旧换新汰除洮汰淘汰淘汰賽淘汰赛甄汰自然淘汰裁汰鐫汰镌汰除汰

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Related words

淘汰 to wash out埋汰 (dialect) dirty删汰 (literary) to eliminate; to delete涤汰 to wash away劣汰 elimination of the weak (cf. 优胜劣汰[yōu shèng liè tài])甄汰 to eliminate by examination裁汰 to cut back淘汰赛 a knockout competition优胜劣汰 (idiom) survival of the fittest汰旧换新 out with the old and in with the new (idiom)末位淘汰 sacking the worst-performing employee