裁汰
cái tài
Pinyin

Definition

裁汰
 - 
cái tài
  1. to cut back

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

淘汰
táo tài
  1. 1 to wash out
  2. 2 elimination (by selection)
  3. 3 natural selection
  4. 4 to knock out (in a competition)
  5. 5 to die out
  6. 6 to phase out
总裁
zǒng cái
  1. 1 chairman
  2. 2 director-general (of a company etc)
裁判
cái pàn
  1. 1 judgment
  2. 2 to referee
  3. 3 umpire
  4. 4 judge
  5. 5 referee
  6. 6 CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi],名[míng]
别出心裁
bié chū xīn cái
  1. 1 to hit on sth new (idiom); to display originality
  2. 2 to adopt an original approach
制裁
zhì cái
  1. 1 to punish
  2. 2 punishment
  3. 3 sanctions (incl. economic)
剪裁
jiǎn cái
  1. 1 to tailor (clothes)
  2. 2 to trim (expenditure)
副总裁
fù zǒng cái
  1. 1 vice-chairman (of an organization)
  2. 2 vice president (of a company)
  3. 3 deputy governor (of a bank)
埋汰
mái tai
  1. 1 (dialect) dirty
  2. 2 to mock sb
淘汰赛
táo tài sài
  1. 1 a knockout competition
独裁
dú cái
  1. 1 dictatorship
独裁者
dú cái zhě
  1. 1 dictator
  2. 2 autocrat
裁剪
cái jiǎn
  1. 1 to cut out
裁员
cái yuán
  1. 1 to cut staff
  2. 2 to lay off employees
裁定
cái dìng
  1. 1 ruling
裁决
cái jué
  1. 1 ruling
  2. 2 adjudication
裁缝
cái féng
  1. 1 tailor
  2. 2 dressmaker
仲裁
zhòng cái
  1. 1 arbitration
劣汰
liè tài
  1. 1 elimination of the weakest
汰
tài
  1. 1 to discard
  2. 2 to eliminate
裁
cái
  1. 1 to cut out (as a dress)
  2. 2 to cut
  3. 3 to trim
  4. 4 to reduce
  5. 5 to diminish
  6. 6 to cut back (e.g. on staff)
  7. 7 decision
  8. 8 judgment

Idioms (7)

优胜劣汰
yōu shèng liè tài
  1. 1 survival of the fittest (idiom)
别出心裁
bié chū xīn cái
  1. 1 to hit on sth new (idiom); to display originality
  2. 2 to adopt an original approach
汰旧换新
tài jiù huàn xīn
  1. 1 out with the old and in with the new (idiom)
独出心裁
dú chū xīn cái
  1. 1 to display originality (idiom); to do things differently
相体裁衣
xiàng tǐ cái yī
  1. 1 lit. tailor the clothes to fit the body (idiom); fig. act according to real circumstances
看菜吃饭，量体裁衣
kān cài chī fàn , liáng tǐ cái yī
  1. 1 eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom); to fit the appetite to the dishes and the dress to the figure
  2. 2 to act according to actual circumstances
  3. 3 to live within one's means
量体裁衣
liáng tǐ cái yī
  1. 1 lit. measure the body then tailor the suit (idiom); fig. to act according to actual circumstances
  2. 2 To live within one's means.

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