汰弱留強
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English
- a way of eliminating weaker people or things and retaining the stronger ones; similar to "survival of the fittest"
粵語 — Cantonese
- 一種以淘汰能力比較弱，留低較強勢嘅人或事物嘅運作方式
Examples
自由市場就係汰弱留強，競爭力比較差嘅公司好快就會消失。
The free market operates on the principle of survival of the fittest, weaker companies that are less competitive will quickly disappear.
Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk