優勝劣汰

Chinese

		excellent; superior	victorious; able to do; competent enough to	inferior	to discard; to eliminate; too
trad. (優勝劣汰)		優	勝	劣	汰
simp. (优胜劣汰)		优	胜	劣	汰

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yōushèngliètài

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡ ㄕㄥˋ ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄊㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau¹ sing³ lyut³ taai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yōushèngliètài
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡ ㄕㄥˋ ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄊㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: youshèngliètài
    • Wade–Giles: yu¹-shêng⁴-lieh⁴-tʻai⁴
    • Yale: yōu-shèng-lyè-tài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ioushenqliehtay
    • Palladius: юшэнлетай (jušɛnletaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ li̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau¹ sing³ lyut³ taai³
    • Yale: yāu sing lyut taai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau¹ sing³ lyt⁸ taai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo¹ xing³ lüd³ tai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯⁵⁵ sɪŋ³³ lyːt̚³ tʰaːi̯³³/

Idiom

優勝劣汰

1. the superior win and remain and the inferior is eliminated; survival of the fittest