洗牌

xǐpái

verb

Meanings

该你洗牌了。

Gāi nǐ xǐpái le.

It's your turn to shuffle.

这次行业洗牌，很多小公司倒闭了。

Zhècì hángyè xǐpái, hěnduō xiǎo gōngsī dǎobì le.

In this industry reshuffle, many small companies went under.

新领导上任后公司内部大洗牌。

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