汰

优胜劣汰

yōu shèng liè tài

survival of the fittest (idiom)

删汰

shān tài

(literary) to eliminate; to delete

劣汰

liè tài

elimination of the weakest

埋汰

mái tai

(dialect) dirty

末位淘汰

mò wèi táo tài

sacking the worst-performing employee

汰旧换新

tài jiù huàn xīn

out with the old and in with the new (idiom)

淘汰

táo tài

to wash out

淘汰赛

táo tài sài

a knockout competition

涤汰

dí tài

to wash away

甄汰

zhēn tài

to eliminate by examination

裁汰

cái tài

to cut back