汰

to discard / to eliminate

highest / greatest / too (much) / very / extremely

"water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85), occurring in 沒|没[mei2], 法[fa3], 流[liu2] etc / see also 三點水|三点水[san1 dian3 shui3]

to wash out / (fig.) to cull / to weed out / to eliminate / to die out / to phase out

a knockout competition

survival of the fittest (idiom)

sacking the worst-performing employee / elimination of the worst-performing contestant

out with the old and in with the new (idiom)

(dialect) dirty / to mock sb

elimination of the weakest

to wash away / to eradicate

to eliminate by examination

to cut back