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汰
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get rid of

HSK 7 N1
Human →Actions
tài
タ、タイ
おご.る、にご.る、よな.げる
태
Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 太 represents the sound.
Components
氵 water (drops)+ 太 overly =
汰 get rid of
氵 Meaning component
shui water (drops)
water
氵 is a component form of 水.
太 Phonetic component
tài overly
very, too, much
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Notes
Similar Characters
泪 weep (simp)派 faction涉 ford渔 fish (simp)漁 fishing (trad/jp)柒 number seven染 dye梁 Liang氾 overflow (trad/jp)氿 spring汀 sandbar汁 juice汇 confluence of rivers (simp)汉 Chinese people (simp)汊 a branching stream汐 night tides汒 汔 close汕 basket for catching fish汗 sweat
Chinese
汰 [tài]
to discard; to eliminate
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (14)
淘汰 [táo​tài] #1,154
to wash out
淘汰赛 [táo​tài​sài] #16,048
a knockout competition
淘汰赛 [táo​tài​sài] #16,048
a knockout competition
优胜劣汰 [yōu​shèng​liè​tài] #37,894
survival of the fittest (idiom)
优胜劣汰 [yōu​shèng​liè​tài] #37,894
survival of the fittest (idiom)
劣汰 [liè​tài] #61,711
elimination of the weakest
裁汰 [cái​tài] #61,956
to cut back
埋汰 [mái​tai]
(dialect) dirty
末位淘汰 [mò​wèi​táo​tài]
sacking the worst-performing employee
汰旧换新 [tài​jiù​huàn​xīn]
out with the old and in with the new (idiom)
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JAPANESE WORDS (38)
⭐ 揺る [ゆる] #7,231
to shake
⭐ ご無沙汰 [ごぶさた] #10,499
not writing or contacting for a while
沙汰 [さた] #11,725
affair
手持ち無沙汰 [てもちぶさた] #19,799
having nothing to do
音沙汰 [おとさた] #24,547
news (from someone)
表沙汰 [おもてざた] #26,427
going public (with a matter)
色恋沙汰 [いろこいざた] #27,039
love affair
淘汰 [とうた] #27,506
weeding out
警察沙汰 [けいさつざた] #32,874
matter for the police
暴力沙汰 [ぼうりょくざた] #38,574
(committing, resorting to) an act of violence
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