"拔" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 bá to pull up / to pull out / to draw out by suction / to select / to pick / to stand out (above level) / to surpass / to seize
Results beginning with 拔
 bá diào to pluck / to pull off / to pull out / to unplug
 bá tuǐ to break into a run
 bá hé tug-of-war / to take part in a tug-of-war
 bá jiān top-notch (colloquial) / to push oneself to the front
 bá chú to pull out / to remove
 bá gāo to raise (one's voice) / to overrate / to build up / to stand out / outstanding
 bá yá to extract a tooth
 bá sī wire drawing / candied floss (cooking) / spun sugar or toffee (coating)
 bá máo to pull out hair / to pluck / epilation
 bá guàn cupping glass / fire cupping (acupressure technique of Chinese medicine, with fired vacuum cup applied to the skin) / ventouse (vacuum method used in obstetrics)
 bá jié jointing (agriculture)
 bá yíng to strike camp
 bá cuì to stand out from one's fellows / high-level examination for official candidacy (traditional)
 bá dì to rise steeply from level ground
 bá dǐng topping (mining)
 bá dú draw out pus by applying a plaster to the affected area
 bá gēn (lit. and fig.) to uproot
 bá hǎi elevation (above sea level)
 bá máo to weigh anchor
 bá qǔ to pick out / to select and recruit / to pluck / to pull
 bá qún outstanding / exceptionally good
 bá rǎn discharge
 bá yāng to pull up seedlings (for transplanting)
 bá zhuó select the best people for promotion
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 bá huǒ guàn suction cup (used in Chinese medicine to draw the blood and qi 氣|气) / detachable suction chimney to make a stove draw
 bá dīng chuí claw hammer
 bá guàn fǎ fire cupping (acupressure technique of Chinese medicine, with fired vacuum cup applied to the skin) / ventouse (vacuum method used in obstetrics)
 bá guàn zǐ cupping technique used in TCM
 bá guàn zi cupping technique used in TCM
 bá jiān r erhua variant of 拔尖[ba2 jian1]
 bá jié qī elongation stage / jointing stage (agriculture)
 bá máo rú lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow / fig. also involving others / inextricably tangled together / Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
 bá shì bā Bathsheba, wife of Uriah the Hittite and later of David (according to the Hebrew Bible)
 bá miáo zhù zhǎng to spoil things through excessive enthusiasm (idiom)
 bá dāo xiāng zhù see 路見不平,拔刀相助|路见不平,拔刀相助[lu4 jian4 bu4 ping2 , ba2 dao1 xiang1 zhu4]
 bá máo lián rú lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom) / fig. also involving others / inextricably tangled together / Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
 bá huǒ guàn r erhua variant of 拔火罐[ba2 huo3 guan4]
 bá liáng bá liáng (dialect) very cold / chilled
 bá máo lián rú lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom) / fig. also involving others / inextricably tangled together / Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
 bá yá qì xiè dental extraction equipment
 bá chū luó bo dài chū ní lit. when you pull a radish out of the ground, some dirt comes up with it (idiom) / fig. to uncover, during the investigation of a crime, evidence of other crimes / to cause further problems while working on a problem
 bá gēn hàn máo bǐ yāo cū lit. a hair plucked from (person A) would be thicker than (person B)'s waist (idiom) / fig. A is far richer (or more powerful) than B / (used in a pattern such as A拔根汗毛比B的腰粗[A ba2 gen1 han4 mao2 bi3 B de5 yao1 cu1])
Approximate Results for 拔
 xuǎn bá to select the best
 hǎi bá height above sea level / elevation
 tí bá to promote to a higher job / to select for promotion
 tǐng bá tall and straight
 zì bá to free oneself / to extricate oneself from a difficult situation
 Tuò bá branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 / nomadic people, founders of Wei 北魏 / of the Northern Dynasties (386-534) / also written 拓跋
 kāi bá to set out (of troops) / departure / start date (of military expedition)
 chāo bá outstanding / to fast-track / to elevate / to free oneself from
 bǎ bá daddy
 Gū bá Amédée Courbet (1826-1885), a French admiral who won a series of important land and naval victories during the Tonkin campaign and the Sino-French War
 jìng bá tall and straight
 juàn bá handsome (of people) / graceful (of calligraphy)
 jùn bá outstandingly talented
 tiǎo bá to provoke
 xié bá shoe horn
 zhēn bá to select
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 rè chā bá hot swapping
 Hàn ní bá Hannibal (name) / Hannibal Barca (247-183 BC), Carthaginian general
 lián gēn bá to pull up by the roots / to uproot
 mǎ tǒng bá plunger for unblocking toilet
 xiàng bá bàng elephant trunk clam / geoduck (Panopea abrupta), large clam with a long proboscis (native to the west coast of North America)
 xié bá zi shoehorn
 chū lèi bá cuì to excel the common (idiom) / surpassing / preeminent / outstanding
 jiàn bá nǔ zhāng lit. with swords drawn and bows bent (idiom) / fig. a state of mutual hostility / at daggers drawn
 jiān rèn bù bá firm and indomitable (idiom) / tenacious and unyielding
 jiān rěn bù bá fortitude
 yàn guò bá máo lit. to grab feathers from a flying goose / fig. to seize any opportunity / pragmatic
 yī máo bù bá stingy (idiom)
  out-survey / marching-out survey
 chuī dēng bá là lit. to blow out the lamp and put out the candle (idiom) / fig. to die / to bite the dust / to be over and done with
 A1 bá sī Wáng cháo Abbasid Empire (750-1258), successor of the Umayyad caliphate
 ǎi zi li bá jiāng jūn lit. choose a general from among the dwarfs / fig. choose the best person available (out of a mediocre bunch)
 cuó zi lǐ bá jiāng jūn lit. to choose a general among the dwarves (idiom) / fig. to pick the best out of a bad group
 rén jiā qiān lu:2 nǐ bá jué see 別人牽驢你拔橛子|别人牵驴你拔橛子[bie2 ren5 qian1 lu:2 ni3 ba2 jue2 zi5]
 bié ren qiān lu:2 nǐ bá jué zi lit. someone else stole the donkey / you only pulled up the stake it was tethered to (idiom) / fig. you're the least culpable, but you're the one who gets the blame
 lù jiàn bù píng , bá dāo xiāng zhù lit. to intervene when one sees an injustice (idiom) / fig. to rush to the rescue / to play the white knight
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