淘汰

táotài

verb HSK 7 #1,154

Meanings

1 to eliminate
2 to phase out
3 to weed out

Characters

to wash; to sift

to eliminate; to discard

Examples

他在第一轮就被淘汰了。

Tā zài dìyī lún jiù bèi táotài le.

He was eliminated in the first round.

这种技术已经被淘汰了。

Zhè zhǒng jìshù yǐjīng bèi táotài le.

This technology has already been phased out.

Tips

memory

淘 means 'to wash/sift' (like panning for gold) and 汰 means 'to eliminate'. Think of sifting through things and washing away the ones that don't make the cut.

Stroke Order

淘 táo

汰 tài