淘汰 táo tài to wash out / (fig.) to cull / to weed out / to eliminate / to die out / to phase out syn 发出 發出 fā chū to issue (an order, decree etc) / to send out / to dispatch / to produce (a sound) / to let out (a laugh) syn 出局 chū jú (of a batter) to be put out (in baseball) / to be dismissed (in cricket) / (of a player or team) to be eliminated from a competition / (fig.) to be weeded out / to get the chop (in a competitive environment) 整理 zhěng lǐ to arrange / to tidy up / to sort out / to straighten out / to list systematically / to collate (data, files) / to pack (luggage) syn 人群 rén qún crowd syn 爆发 爆發 bào fā to break out / to erupt / to explode / to burst out syn 展开 展開 zhǎn kāi to unfold / to spread out / to open up / to launch / to carry out syn 着手 著手 zhuó shǒu to put one's hand to it / to start out on a task / to set out syn 取出 qǔ chū to take out / to extract / to draw out 百分之百 bǎi fēn zhī bǎi a hundred percent / out and out / absolutely syn 透顶 透頂 tòu dǐng out-and-out / thoroughly syn 漏掉 lòu diào to miss / to leave out / to omit / to be omitted / to be missing / to slip through / to leak out / to seep away syn 出头 出頭 chū tóu to get out of a predicament / to stick out / to take the initiative / remaining odd fraction after a division / a little more than syn 伸手 shēn shǒu to reach out with one's hand / to hold out a hand / (fig.) to beg / to get involved / to meddle syn 偏偏 piān piān (indicating that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately / as it happened / (indicating that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly / contrarily / against reason / (indicating that sb or a group is singled out) precisely / only / of all people syn 彻头彻尾 徹頭徹尾 chè tóu chè wěi lit. from head to tail (idiom) / thoroughgoing / through and through / out and out / from top to bottom syn 熄灭 熄滅 xī miè to stop burning / to go out (of fire) / to die out / extinguished syn 半死 bàn sǐ half dead (of torment, hunger, tiredness etc) / (tired) to death / (terrified) out of one's wits / (beaten) to within an inch of one's life / (knock) the daylights out of sb syn 试探 試探 shì tàn to sound out / to probe / to feel out / to try out syn 挤出 擠出 jǐ chū to squeeze out / to extrude / to drain / to find the time / to burst out syn 倾倒 傾倒 qīng dào to dump / to pour out / to empty out syn 江湖 jiāng hú rivers and lakes / all corners of the country / remote areas to which hermits retreat / section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law / the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3xia2]) / (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc / demimonde / (in modern times) triads / secret gangster societies / underworld syn 出炉 出爐 chū lú to take out of the furnace / fresh out of the oven / fig. newly announced / recently made available 熄灯 熄燈 xī dēng turn out the lights / lights out 不合 bù hé to not conform to / to be unsuited to / to be out of keeping with / should not / ought out syn 熄火 xī huǒ (of fire, lamp etc) to go out / to put out (fire) / (fig.) to die down / (of a vehicle) to stall 不折不扣 bù zhé bù kòu a hundred percent / to the letter / out-and-out syn 放风 放風 fàng fēng to allow in fresh air / to allow a prisoner out for exercise / to give out information syn 驱散 驅散 qū sàn to disperse (a crowd etc) / (fig.) to dispel (misgivings etc) 舒展 shū zhǎn to roll out / to extend / to smooth out / to unfold syn 叫唤 叫喚 jiào huan to cry out / to bark out a sound syn 理顺 理順 lǐ shùn to straighten out / to sort out / to organize syn 涌出 湧出 yǒng chū to gush / to gush out / to pour out syn 云集 雲集 yún jí to gather (in a crowd) / to converge / to swarm syn 随大流 隨大流 suí dà liú to follow the crowd / going with the tide 拿出 ná chū to take out / to put out / to provide / to put forward (a proposal) / to come up with (evidence) syn 拉平 lā píng to bring to the same level / to even up / to flare out / to flatten out syn 随波逐流 隨波逐流 suí bō zhú liú to drift with the waves and go with the flow (idiom) / to follow the crowd blindly syn 成群结队 成群結隊 chéng qún jié duì making up a group, forming a troupe (idiom) / in large numbers / as a large crowd syn 呕心沥血 嘔心瀝血 ǒu xīn lì xuè lit. to spit out one's heart and spill blood (idiom) / to work one's heart out / blood, sweat and tears syn 在野 zài yě to be out of (political) office / to be out of power syn 人山人海 rén shān rén hǎi (idiom) multitude / vast crowd syn 开挖 開挖 kāi wā to dig out / to excavate / to scoop out / to start digging syn 聚众 聚眾 jù zhòng to gather a crowd / to muster syn 簇拥 簇擁 cù yōng to crowd around / to escort syn 知难而退 知難而退 zhī nán ér tuì lit. to sound out the difficulties and retreat to avoid defeat (idiom) / fig. to back out of an awkward situation / to get out on finding out what it's really like syn 围拢 圍攏 wéi lǒng to crowd around syn 脱销 脫銷 tuō xiāo to sell out / to run out (of supplies) / deficient / lack of supplies syn 出笼 出籠 chū lóng (of food) to be taken out of the steamer / (fig.) (often used with 紛紛|纷纷[fen1 fen1]) (of products, information etc) to appear / to emerge / to come out / (fig.) to dump / to inundate the market 人丛 人叢 rén cóng crowd of people syn 万人空巷 萬人空巷 wàn rén kōng xiàng the multitudes come out from everywhere, emptying every alleyway (to celebrate) / the whole town turns out syn 赤膊上阵 赤膊上陣 chì bó shàng zhèn lit. to go into battle bare-breasted (idiom) / fig. to go all out / to come out in the open syn 充塞 chōng sè congestion / to block / to congest / to crowd / to choke / to cram / to fill up / to stuff / to take up all the space syn 开票 開票 kāi piào to open ballot boxes / to count votes / to make out a voucher or invoice etc / to write out a receipt 冬笋 冬筍 dōng sǔn winter bamboo shoots (smaller and tenderer as a result of being dug out before they come out of the soil) syn 点题 點題 diǎn tí to bring out the main theme / to make the point / to bring out the substance concisely 摩肩接踵 mó jiān jiē zhǒng lit. rubbing shoulders and following in each other's footsteps / a thronging crowd syn 掏出 tāo chū to fish out / to take out (from a pocket, bag etc) 想出 xiǎng chū to figure out / to work out (a solution etc) / to think up / to come up with (an idea etc) 喷出 噴出 pēn chū spout / spray / belch / to well up / to puff out / to spurt out 跟风 跟風 gēn fēng to go with the tide / to blindly follow the crowd / to follow the trend 看戏 看戲 kàn xì to watch a play / to watch passively (i.e. from the sidelines, from the crowd) 散尽 散盡 sàn jìn to be totally dispersed (crowd) 涌进 涌進 yǒng jìn to spill / to overflow (of water, crowds) / to crowd (into a space) 发飙 發飆 fā biāo to flip out / to act out violently 打爆 dǎ bào to blow out / to blow off / (computer games) to zap / (phone) to ring off the hook / to be jammed / to max out (credit card etc) 群众演员 群眾演員 qún zhòng yǎn yuán extra (actor engaged to appear in a crowd scene) 独秀 獨秀 dú xiù to surpass / to stand above the crowd 寻出 尋出 xún chū to find out / to search out / to uncover / to discover 售罄 shòu qìng to be completely sold out / to sell out syn 断档 斷檔 duàn dàng sold out / to be out of stock 倒 dào to invert / to place upside down or frontside back / to pour out / to tip out / to dump / inverted / upside down / reversed / to go backward / contrary to what one might expect / but / yet syn 群 qún group / crowd / flock, herd, pack etc syn 演 yǎn to perform (a play etc) / to stage (a show) / (bound form) to develop / to play out / to carry out (a task) syn 抽 chōu to draw out / to pull out from in between / to remove part of the whole / (of certain plants) to sprout or bud / to whip or thrash syn 吐 tǔ to spit / to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc) / to say / to pour out (one's grievances) syn 租 zū to hire / to rent / to charter / to rent out / to lease out / rent / land tax syn 挤 擠 jǐ to crowd in / to cram in / to force others aside / to press / to squeeze / to find (time in one's busy schedule) syn 拔 bá to pull up / to pull out / to draw out by suction / to select / to pick / to stand out (above level) / to surpass / to seize syn 灭 滅 miè to extinguish or put out / to go out (of a fire etc) / to exterminate or wipe out / to drown syn 哄 hōng roar of laughter (onom.) / hubbub / to roar (as a crowd) syn 熄 xī to extinguish / to put out (fire) / to quench / to stop burning / to go out (of fire, lamp etc) / to come to an end / to wither away / to die out / Taiwan pr. [xi2] syn 择 擇 zhái to choose / to pick over / to pick out / to take out / to eliminate syn 尽心尽力 盡心盡力 jìn xīn jìn lì making an all-out effort (idiom) / to try one's heart out / to do one's utmost syn 轧 軋 gá to crush together (in a crowd) / to make friends / to check (accounts) syn 蹿 躥 cuān to leap up / (coll.) to gush out / to spurt out syn 发飚 發飆 fā biāo to flip out / to act out violently / also written 發飆|发飚[fa1 biao1] 剜 wān to scoop out / to gouge out syn 挤垮 擠垮 jǐ kuǎ to squash / to crush / to squeeze out of business / to drive out 丛集 叢集 cóng jí to crowd together / to pile up / to cluster / (book) collection / series syn 倒空 dào kōng to empty (a bag) / to turn inside out / to turn out 套问 套問 tào wèn to sound sb out / to find out by tactful indirect questioning 抉 jué to pick out / to single out 一 yī one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit syn 看 kàn to see / to look at / to read / to watch / to visit / to call on / to consider / to regard as / to look after / to treat (a patient or illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after a verb) to give it a try / to watch out for syn 开 開 kāi to open (transitive or intransitive) / (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on / to put in operation / to operate / to run / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / (directional complement) away / off / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1er3wen2] / abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1ben3], book format syn 发生 發生 fā shēng to happen / to occur / to take place / to break out syn 起 qǐ to rise / to raise / to get up / to set out / to start / to appear / to launch / to initiate (action) / to draft / to establish / to get (from a depot or counter) / verb suffix, to start / starting from (a time, place, price etc) / classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance / classifier for groups: batch, group syn 放 fàng to put / to place / to release / to free / to let go / to let out / to set off (fireworks) syn 