大浪淘沙

Chinese

		great wave; massive wave; major setback	cleanse; eliminate; to clean out cleanse; eliminate; to clean out; to wash	granule; hoarse; raspy granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; tsar
simp. and trad. (大浪淘沙)		大浪	淘	沙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàlàngtáoshā

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄤˋ ㄊㄠˊ ㄕㄚ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàlàngtáoshā
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄤˋ ㄊㄠˊ ㄕㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàlàngtáosha
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-lang⁴-tʻao²-sha¹
    • Yale: dà-làng-táu-shā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahlanqtaursha
    • Palladius: далантаоша (dalantaoša)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ lɑŋ⁵¹ tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ ʂä⁵⁵/

Idiom

大浪淘沙

1. only the real gold remains after tides have washed the sands away; a tough competition aiming to weed out the less competent