淘汰

Traditional form:

淘汰

Pinyin (reading):

táotài

Definitions:

• to wash out
• (fig.) to cull
• to weed out
• to eliminate
• to die out
• to phase out

Characters:

• 淘 - to dredge, to sieve; to cleanse, to weed out
• 汰 - to eliminate, to scour, to wash out; excessive

Traditional characters:

• 淘 - to dredge, to sieve; to cleanse, to weed out
• 汰 - to eliminate, to scour, to wash out; excessive