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 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 摔倒 shuāi dǎo to fall down / to slip and fall / to throw sb to the ground 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 舒展 shū zhǎn to roll out / to extend / to smooth out / to unfold syn 翻脸 翻臉 fān liǎn to fall out with sb / to become hostile syn 叫唤 叫喚 jiào huan to cry out / to bark out a sound syn 掉队 掉隊 diào duì to fall behind / to drop out 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 闹别扭 鬧彆扭 nào biè niu to be difficult with sb / to provoke disagreement / at loggerheads / to fall out with syn 拿出 ná chū to take out / to put out / to provide / to put forward (a proposal) / to come up with (evidence) syn 陨落 隕落 yǔn luò to fall down / to decay / to fall from the sky / to die 拉平 lā píng to bring to the same level / to even up / to flare out / to flatten out 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 变心 變心 biàn xīn to cease to feel a sense of loyalty (or gratitude etc) to sb or sth / to fall out of love with sb 在野 zài yě to be out of (political) office / to be out of power syn 衰亡 shuāi wáng to decline / to die out / decline and fall 开挖 開挖 kāi wā to dig out / to excavate / to scoop out / to start digging syn 反目 fǎn mù to quarrel / to fall out with sb 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 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 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 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 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) 跌破 diē pò (of a market index etc) to fall below (a given level) / to be injured or damaged as a result of a fall 喷出 噴出 pēn chū spout / spray / belch / to well up / to puff out / to spurt out 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) 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 翻脸不认人 翻臉不認人 fān liǎn bù rèn rén to fall out with sb and become hostile 掉 diào to fall / to drop / to lag behind / to lose / to go missing / to reduce / fall (in prices) / to lose (value, weight etc) / to wag / to swing / to turn / to change / to exchange / to swap / to show off / to shed (hair) / (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc) syn 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 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 落 luò to fall or drop / (of the sun) to set / (of a tide) to go out / to lower / to decline or sink / to lag or fall behind / to fall onto / to rest with / to get or receive / to write down / whereabouts / settlement syn 落 là to leave out / to be missing / to leave behind or forget to bring / to lag or fall behind syn 租 zū to hire / to rent / to charter / to rent out / to lease out / rent / land tax syn 闪 閃 shǎn to dodge / to duck out of the way / to beat it / shaken (by a fall) / to sprain / to pull a muscle / lightning / spark / a flash / to flash (across one's mind) / to leave behind / (Internet slang) (of a display of affection) "dazzlingly" saccharine 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 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 蹿 躥 cuān to leap up / (coll.) to gush out / to spurt out syn 仆 pū to fall forward / to fall prostrate 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 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 踣 bó (literary) to tumble / to fall down / (literary) to fall dead syn 爱上 愛上 ài shàng to fall in love with / to be in love with syn 摇滚 搖滾 yáo gǔn rock 'n' roll (music) / to rock / to fall off 生病 shēng bìng to fall ill syn 崩溃 崩潰 bēng kuì to collapse / to crumble / to fall apart syn 睡着 睡著 shuì zháo to fall asleep syn 韩国 韓國 hán guó South Korea (Republic of Korea) / Han, one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄[zhan4 guo2 qi1 xiong2] / Korea from the fall of the Joseon dynasty in 1897 后退 後退 hòu tuì to recoil / to draw back / to fall back / to retreat syn 下降 xià jiàng to decline / to drop / to fall / to go down / to decrease syn 堕落 墮落 duò luò to degrade / to degenerate / to become depraved / corrupt / a fall from grace syn 着 著 zháo to touch / to come in contact with / to feel / to be affected by / to catch fire / to burn / (coll.) to fall asleep / (after a verb) hitting the mark / succeeding in syn 落后 落後 luò hòu to fall behind / to lag (in technology etc) / backward / to retrogress syn 下落 xià luò whereabouts / to drop / to fall syn 摔跤 shuāi jiāo to trip and fall / to wrestle / wrestling (sports) 