出局

chūjú
  1. (of a batter) to be put out (in baseball); to be dismissed (in cricket)
  2. (of a player or team) to be eliminated from a competition
  3. (fig.) to be weeded out; to get the chop (in a competitive environment)

CEDICT

Entry Composition

=1 出 chū
  1. to go out; to come out
  2. to arise; to occur
  3. to produce; to yield
  4. to go beyond; to exceed
  5. (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result)
  6. classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
=1 出 chū variant of 出 chū (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels)
=2 局 jú narrow
=2 局 jú
  1. office
  2. situation
  3. classifier for games: match, set, round etc
=2 局 jú cramped; narrow