末位淘汰

Traditional form:

末位淘汰

Pinyin (reading):

mòwèitáotài

Definitions:

• sacking the worst-performing employee
• elimination of the worst-performing contestant

Characters:

• 末 - end, final, last; insignificant
• 位 - seat, throne; rank, status; position, location
• 淘 - to dredge, to sieve; to cleanse, to weed out
• 汰 - to eliminate, to scour, to wash out; excessive

Traditional characters:

• 末 - end, final, last; insignificant
• 位 - seat, throne; rank, status; position, location
• 淘 - to dredge, to sieve; to cleanse, to weed out
• 汰 - to eliminate, to scour, to wash out; excessive