劣汰
liè tài
Pinyin

Definition

劣汰
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liè tài
  1. elimination of the weakest

Character Decomposition

Related Words (18)

卑劣
bēi liè
  1. 1 base
  2. 2 mean
  3. 3 despicable
恶劣
è liè
  1. 1 vile
  2. 2 nasty
  3. 3 of very poor quality
淘汰
táo tài
  1. 1 to wash out
  2. 2 elimination (by selection)
  3. 3 natural selection
  4. 4 to knock out (in a competition)
  5. 5 to die out
  6. 6 to phase out
劣
liè
  1. 1 inferior
劣势
liè shì
  1. 1 inferior
  2. 2 disadvantaged
劣质
liè zhì
  1. 1 shoddy
  2. 2 of poor quality
拙劣
zhuō liè
  1. 1 clumsy
  2. 2 botched
低劣
dī liè
  1. 1 inferior quality
  2. 2 substandard
  3. 3 low-grade
伪劣
wěi liè
  1. 1 inferior
  2. 2 false
优劣
yōu liè
  1. 1 good and bad
  2. 2 merits and drawbacks
劣汰
liè tài
  1. 1 elimination of the weakest
劣迹
liè jì
  1. 1 bad record (esp. of a public official)
  2. 2 unsavory track record
埋汰
mái tai
  1. 1 (dialect) dirty
  2. 2 to mock sb
歪瓜劣枣
wāi guā liè zǎo
  1. 1 ugly
  2. 2 repulsive
  3. 3 also written 歪瓜裂棗|歪瓜裂枣[wāi guā liè zǎo]
汰
tài
  1. 1 to discard
  2. 2 to eliminate
淘汰赛
táo tài sài
  1. 1 a knockout competition
粗劣
cū liè
  1. 1 coarse
顽劣
wán liè
  1. 1 stubborn and obstreperous
  2. 2 naughty and mischievous

Idioms (3)

优胜劣汰
yōu shèng liè tài
  1. 1 survival of the fittest (idiom)
土豪劣绅
tǔ háo liè shēn
  1. 1 local bosses, shady gentry (idiom); dominant local mafia
汰旧换新
tài jiù huàn xīn
  1. 1 out with the old and in with the new (idiom)

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