Chinese word dictionary

埋汰

mái tai · (dialect) dirty; to mock sb

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Word information

Simplified埋汰

Traditional埋汰

Pinyinmái tai

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Character breakdown

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埋mái

to bury; to conceal; to plant

汰tài

to eliminate, to scour, to wash out; excessive

How to learn 埋汰

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Words with the same characters

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埋mái

to bury

淘汰táotài

to wash out; (fig.) to cull; to weed out; to eliminate; to die out; to phase out

埋藏máicáng

to bury; to hide by burying; hidden

埋伏máifú

to ambush; to lie in wait for; to lie low; ambush

埋没máimò

to engulf; to bury; to overlook; to stifle; to neglect; to fall into oblivion

埋头苦干máitóu-kǔgàn

to bury oneself in work (idiom); to be engrossed in work; to make an all-out effort; up to the neck in work