- 淘汰赛 táotàisài elimination tournamenta knockout competition or series of matches in which losers are removed and winners advance to the next round until a champion is determined
- 自然淘汰 zìrántáotài natural selectionBiological process where organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring; Darwin's theory of evolution.
- 单淘汰赛 dāntáotàisài single-elimination tournamenta tournament format where the loser of each match is immediately eliminated from the competition
- 天然淘汰 tiānrántáotài natural selectionSurvival of the fittest; the process in nature by which only the organisms best adapted to their environment tend to survive and transmit their genetic characters
- 人为淘汰 rénwéitáotài artificial selectionThe biological process of breeding organisms for specific traits while weeding out undesirable characteristics, such as enhancing the egg-laying ability of chickens.
- 末位淘汰制 mòwèitáotàizhì bottom-rank elimination systemA management policy where employees or officials with the lowest performance ratings are dismissed or reassigned to improve organizational vitality
- 末位淘汰 mòwèitáotài elimination of the lowest-rankedThe practice of firing the worst-performing employee in a company or eliminating the lowest-ranking contestant in a competition.
- 单淘汰 dāntáotài single eliminationA competition system where a team or individual is eliminated after losing a single match.
- 单淘汰制 dāntáotàizhì single-elimination systema tournament format where a participant is immediately eliminated after a single loss
