汰 tài 🔊 to discard 7 strokes + Review this word Meanings tài to discardto eliminate Words with 汰 淘汰 táo tài to wash out HSK 6 优胜劣汰 yōu shèng liè tài survival of the fittest HSK 7–9 淘汰赛 táo tài sài a knockout competition 裁汰 cái tài to cut back 埋汰 mái tai dirty 删汰 shān tài to eliminate; to delete 汰旧换新 tài jiù huàn xīn out with the old and in with the new (idiom) 劣汰 liè tài elimination of the weak (cf.… 涤汰 dí tài to wash away 甄汰 zhēn tài to eliminate by examination 末位淘汰 mò wèi táo tài sacking the worst-performing employee