筛选 (shāi xuǎn) — to filter, to screen (by sifting through candidates, data, or materials)
Definition
筛选 means to filter or screen by sorting through candidates or data to pick the best. 比 过滤 (HSK7) more deliberate and selective (筛选 resumes, data); 比 筛 (HSK7) more abstract, less about physical sifting.
verb
to filterto screen (by sifting through candidates, data, or materials)
Examples
- 筛选。Wǒ men gōng sī duì jiǎn lì jìn xíng yán gé shāi xuǎn.Our company strictly screens résumés.
- 筛选。Nóng mín yòng shǒu gōng shāi xuǎn dà mǐ zhōng de zá zhì.Farmers manually sift out impurities from the rice.
- ，筛选。Zài yán jiū zhōng, wǒ men xū yào shāi xuǎn chū zuì xiāng guān de shù jù.In research, we need to filter out the most relevant data.
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