洗牌

xǐpái

verb

Meanings

Gāi nǐ xǐpái le.

It's your turn to shuffle.

Zhè cì hángyè xǐpái, hěn duō xiǎo gōngsī dǎobì le.

In this industry reshuffle, many small companies went under.

Xīn lǐngdǎo shàngrèn hòu gōngsī nèibù dà xǐpái.

After the new boss took over, the company went through a major reshuffle.

usage

Literal sense at the card table (poker, mahjong, 斗地主), figurative sense in business news — 行业洗牌 (industry shakeout), 重新洗牌 (reshuffle the deck).

洗 xǐ

牌 pái