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淘汰 eliminate
Stroke order
淘汰 is written in 18 strokes across 2 characters.

- 淘 — 11 strokes
- 汰 — 7 strokes
Senses
- to wash out
- (fig.) to cull
- to weed out
- to eliminate
- to die out
- to phase out
Characters in 淘汰
- 淘 táo — to wash (rice, sand etc in water to remove impurities); to dredge; to scoop out (sediment or waste); (dialect) to hunt for and buy (bargains or second-hand goods)
- 汰 tài — to discard; to eliminate
Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Related words
淘汰 is pronounced táotài and means “eliminate”.