淘汰

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Japanese [edit]

Kanji in this term

Etymology [edit]

wash in sieve + scour

Noun [edit]

淘汰 (hiragana とうた, romaji tōta)

  1. selection, culling out, weeding out

Compounds [edit]

Verb [edit]

淘汰 + する (irregular conjugation, hiragana とうたする, romaji tōta suru)淘汰する 淘汰 suru

  1. cull out, weed out

Conjugation [edit]

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Mandarin [edit]

simpl. and trad.

Pronunciation [edit]

Verb [edit]

淘汰 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin táotài)

  1. to eliminate; to weed out; to knock out