適てき者しゃ生せい存ぞん

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survival of the fittest

yojijukugo (four-character idiom)

A yojijukugo used in biology, sociology, and business to describe natural selection or competitive survival.

自し然ぜん界かいでは適てき者しゃ生せい存ぞんの原げん理りが働はたらいている。
In nature, the principle of survival of the fittest is at work.
ビジネスの世せ界かいも適てき者しゃ生せい存ぞんだ。
The business world is also survival of the fittest.