淘宝 (taobao.com) is Alibaba's consumer-to-consumer marketplace, launched in 2003 and now one of the world's largest e-commerce sites. The name literally means 'to pan for treasure' — 淘 (to wash/sift) + 宝 (treasure), evoking hunting for bargains.
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Think of 淘 as 'sift' (water radical 氵 + 匋 pottery) and 宝 as 'treasure under a roof 宀' — together: sifting through a digital sea to find treasure.
