Nantoka/汰tài汰 (tài) is a Chinese word meaning “to discard; to eliminate”.Meanings1to discard2to eliminateRelated words淘汰to wash out淘汰赛a knockout competition优胜劣汰survival of the fittest (idiom)删汰(literary) to eliminate; to delete劣汰elimination of the weakest埋汰(dialect) dirty末位淘汰sacking the worst-performing employee汰旧换新out with the old and in with the new (idiom)涤汰to wash away甄汰to eliminate by examination裁汰to cut backStudy Chinese with flashcards →