优胜劣汰 yōushèng-liètài survival of the fittest (idiom)
How to remember 优胜劣汰: 优 superior + 胜 victory + 劣 low-quality + 汰 to eliminate = survival of the fittest (idiom).
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- Idiom: survival of the fittest - the superior win, the inferior are eliminated - 市场竞争,优胜劣汰 (shìchǎng jìngzhēng, yōushèng liètài) in market competition, the strong survive and the weak are weeded out.
- From evolutionary theory, applied to business, sports, nature.
- 汰 = to weed out; the phrase frames competition as a natural filtering process.