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): ㄧㄡㄕㄥˋ ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄊㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau¹ sing³ lyut³ taai³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yōushèngliètài
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡㄕㄥˋ ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄊㄞˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ioushenqliehtay
  - Tongyong Pinyin: youshèngliètài
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ljɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - 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 tʰäːi̯³³/

Idiom

優勝劣汰

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

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