tài

to discard

to eliminate

water (氵) + [sound] (太) = wash out and discard

Water washes away what does not belong, leaving only what survives the current. 太 gives the sound tài; the water radical carries the sense of sifting and sweeping out.

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公司每年都会淘一些旧设备。

gōng sī měi nián dōu huì táo tài yī xiē jiù shè bèi。

The company eliminates some old equipment every year.

市场竞争会自然淘那些质量差的产品。

shì chǎng jìng zhēng huì zì rán táo tài nà xiē zhì liàng chà de chǎn pǐn。

Market competition naturally eliminates products of poor quality.

Words with 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

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