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劣汰
liètài
1. elimination of the weakest
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Character Breakdown

劣
liè
low-quality, inferior, bad
HSK 5 6 丶
汰
tài
to eliminate, to scour, to wash out; excessive
HSK 6 7 丶

Compound Words (1)

优胜劣汰
yōushèngliètài
survival of the fittest (idiom)
HSK 6

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Word Frequency Rank
39,970 of 84,292