淘[táo]

动

1. wash in a pan or basket

♦ ~米 wash rice

2. clean out; dredge

♦ ~阴沟 clean out a drain (or sewer)

♦ ~茅房 remove night soil from a latrine

♦ ~井 dredge a well

3. tax (a person's energy)

形方 naughty; mischievous

♦ 这孩子特~。 The child is very naughty.