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淘汰

táo tài · tao tai

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 7–9Old HSK 6

Meaning

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  1. to wash out
  2. (fig.) to cull
  3. to weed out
  4. to eliminate
  5. to die out
  6. to phase out
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The old phone

  1. Liangliang

    灯灯(dēngdēng)，你(nǐ)这(zhè)个(gè)手机(shǒujī)该(gāi)淘汰(táotài)了(le)。

    Dengdeng, this phone of yours should be phased out.

  2. Dengdeng

    为什么(wèishénme)？它(tā)还(hái)能(néng)打(dǎ)电话(diànhuà)呢(ne)。

    Why? It can still make calls.

  3. Liangliang

    它(tā)连(lián)微信(wēixìn)都(dōu)打不开(dǎbùkāi)了(le)，早(zǎo)就(jiù)被(bèi)淘汰(táotài)了(le)。

    It cannot even open WeChat. It was phased out long ago.

  4. Dengdeng

    那(nà)我(wǒ)就(jiù)用(yòng)它(tā)打(dǎ)电话(diànhuà)，微信(wēixìn)用(yòng)电脑(diànnǎo)。

    Then I will use it for calls, and WeChat on the computer.

  5. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)不(bù)淘汰(táotài)它(tā)，它(tā)迟早(chízǎo)自己(zìjǐ)淘汰(táotài)自己(zìjǐ)。

    If you do not retire it, it will retire itself sooner or later.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

在(zài)上(shàng)一(yí)届(jiè)世(shì)界(jiè)杯(bēi)上(shàng)，新(xīn)西(xī)兰(lán)在(zài)比(bǐ)赛(sài)中(zhōng)被(bèi)墨(mò)西(xī)哥(gē)淘(táo)汰(tài)。

In the last World Cup, New Zealand was knocked out of the competition by Mexico.

Tatoeba: Chinese by trieuho · English by trieuho · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

这(zhè)种(zhǒng)旧(jiù)机(jī)器(qì)早(zǎo)就(jiù)被(bèi)淘(táo)汰(tài)了(le)。

This kind of old machine was phased out long ago.

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