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优胜劣汰

优胜劣汰 yōushèngliètài

优胜劣汰 yōushèngliètài Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 1 English Translations of the word 优胜劣汰 yōushèngliètài .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yōushèngliètài | you1 sheng4 lie4 tai4
English translation
survival of the fittest (idiom)

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Traditional form

優勝劣汰

Part of speech

Idiomatic phrase / 习用语 Xí yòngyǔ
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Etymology of 优胜劣汰 yōushèngliètài

Familiarize yourself with the origin and historical aspects of the Chinese word 优胜劣汰 yōushèngliètài .

yōu

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. rén represents the meaning and Yóu represents the sound. Simplified form of yōu .

Phonetic compound

Yóu

Semantic compound

rén

Positional decomposition

亻尤

Number of Strokes

6

shèng

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and shēng represents the sound. Simplified form of shèng .

Phonetic compound

shēng

Semantic compound

Positional decomposition

⺼生

Number of Strokes

9

liè

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shǎo represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

Semantic compound

shǎo

Positional decomposition

少力

Number of Strokes

6

tài

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and tài represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

tài

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Positional decomposition

氵太

Number of Strokes

7

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