选 择 xuǎn zé to select / to pick / choice / option / alternative 摘 to take / to borrow / to pick (flowers, fruit etc) / to pluck / to select / to remove / to take off (glasses, hat etc) 拣 to choose / to pick / to sort out / to pick up 掐 to pick (flowers) / to pinch / to nip / to pinch off / to clutch / (slang) to fight 选 中 xuǎn zhòng to choose / to pick / to settle upon / to decide upon a candidate / to be selected for some role 摘 下 zhāi xià to take off / to remove (one's hat, a door from its hinges etc) / to pick (a piece of fruit from a tree etc) / (sports) to pick off (a rebound etc) 单 挑 dān tiāo to pick / to choose / to fight a duel 采 摘 cǎi zhāi to pluck / to pick 相 中 xiāng zhòng to find to one's taste / to pick (after looking at) / Taiwan pr. [xiang4 zhong4] 遴 选 lín xuǎn to pick / to choose / to select 甄 选 zhēn xuǎn to select / to pick 撷 取 xié qǔ to pick / to select / to take / to capture (data) / to acquire / to pick up (a signal) 选 to choose / to pick / to select / to elect 挑 to carry on a shoulder pole / to choose / to pick / to nitpick 拔 to pull up / to pull out / to draw out by suction / to select / to pick / to stand out (above level) / to surpass / to seize 叉 fork / pitchfork / prong / pick / cross / intersect / "X" 剔 to scrape the meat from bones / to pick (teeth etc) / to weed out 镐 a pick 挦 to pull out (esp. hair or feathers) / to pick / to pluck / fig. to extract (lines from a text) 选 择 反 射 面 pick (v.) a reflector 拿 起 ná qǐ to pick up 提 起 tí qǐ to mention / to speak of / to lift / to pick up / to arouse / to raise (a topic, a heavy weight, one's fist, one's spirits etc) 指 点 zhǐ diǎn to point out / to indicate / to give directions / to show how (to do sth) / to censure / to pick at 选 出 xuǎn chū to pick out / to select / to elect 回 升 huí shēng to rise again after a fall / to pick up / rally (stock market etc) 提 速 tí sù to increase the specified cruising speed / to pick up speed / to speed up 接 送 jiē sòng to pick up and drop off / to ferry back and forth 勾 起 gōu qǐ to evoke / to induce / to call to mind / to pick up with a hook 泡 妞 pào niū to pick up girls / to play around with girls / to chase after girls 提 货 tí huò to accept delivery of goods / to pick up goods 重 拾 chóng shí to pick up (a theme etc) / to regain (confidence) / to revive (a custom, friendship etc) 滤 波 lu:4 bō filtering radio waves (i.e. to pick out one frequency) 拾 取 shí qǔ to pick up / to collect 起 色 qǐ sè a turn for the better / to pick up / to improve 找 茬 zhǎo chá to pick fault with / to spot the differences / to nitpick / to pick a quarrel / to find complaint with 采 花 cǎi huā to pick flowers / to enter houses at night in order to rape women 找 事 zhǎo shì to look for employment / to pick a quarrel 寻 衅 xún xìn to pick a quarrel / to start a fight 拾 得 shí dé to find / to pick up / to collect 采 食 cǎi shí to forage / to gather for eating / to pick and eat 没 说 的 méi shuō de nothing to pick on / really good / nothing to discuss / settled matter / no problem 拈 花 惹 草 niān huā rě cǎo lit. to pick the flowers and trample the grass (idiom) / fig. to womanize / to frequent brothels / to sow one's wild oats 扒 窃 pá qiè to steal / to pick pockets / to frisk 拾 金 不 昧 shí jīn bù mèi to pick up money and not hide it (idiom) / to return property to its owner 饥 不 择 食 jī bù zé shí when hungry, you can't pick what you eat (idiom) / beggars can't be choosers / When matters are urgent, don't spend time choosing alternatives. 拾 掇 shí duō to clear up / to tidy up / to pick up 拾 掇 shí duo to clear up / to tidy up / to pick up / to repair 破 镜 重 圆 pò jìng chóng yuán a shattered mirror put back together (idiom) / (of marriage) to pick up the pieces and start anew / for a separated couple to reconcile and reunite 挑 拣 tiāo jiǎn to pick and choose / to select 剔 牙 tī yá to pick one's teeth 作 东 zuò dōng to host (a dinner) / to treat / to pick up the check 精 essence / extract / vitality / energy / semen / sperm / mythical goblin spirit / highly perfected / elite / the pick of sth / proficient (refined ability) / extremely (fine) / selected rice (archaic) 拾 零 shí líng to pick up bits / to collect scrap material / tidbits / gleanings (used as gossip) 拾 人 牙 慧 shí rén yá huì to pick up what others say (idiom) / to pass off other people's opinions as one's own / to parrot 串 味 chuàn wèi to become tainted with the smell of sth else / to pick up an odor 择 to select / to choose / to pick over / to pick out / to differentiate / to eliminate / also pr. [zhai2] 择 to choose / to pick over / to pick out / to take out / to eliminate 盛 to hold / to contain / to ladle / to pick up with a utensil 拾 to pick up / to collate or arrange / ten (banker's anti-fraud numeral) 泡 bubble / foam / blister (i.e. skin bubble) / to soak / to steep / to infuse / to dawdle / to shilly-shally / to hang about / to pick up (a girl) / to get off with (a sexual partner) / classifier for occurrences of an action / classifier for number of infusions 捡 to pick up / to collect / to gather 撮 to pick up (a powder etc) with the fingertips / to scoop up / to collect together / to extract / to gather up / classifier: pinch / Taiwan pr. [cuo4] 抉 to pick out / to single out 抠 to dig out / to pick out (with one's fingers) / to carve / to cut / to study meticulously / to lift one's clothes / stingy / miserly 掇 to pick up / to collect / gather up 镊 tweezers / forceps / nippers / pliers / to nip / to pick up with tweezers / to pluck out 摭 pick up / to select 搛 to pick up with chopsticks 銶 single-headed pick / stone chisel 采 兰 赠 芍 cǎi lán zèng sháo lit. pick orchids and present peonies (idiom) / fig. presents between lovers 探 骊 得 珠 tàn lí dé zhū to pluck a pearl from the black dragon (idiom, from Zhuangzi) / fig. to pick out the salient points (from a tangled situation) / to see through to the nub 俯 拾 皆 是 fǔ shí jiē shì lit. so numerous that one could just bend down and pick them up (idiom) / fig. extremely common / easily available 横 挑 鼻 子 竖 挑 眼 héng tiāo bí zi shù tiāo yǎn to pick on sth incessantly (idiom) / to criticize right and left 丁 字 镐 dīng zì gǎo hammer pick 捡 拾 jiǎn shí to pick up / to gather 塈 (literary) to plaster / to pick up / to rest 敧 to pick up thing with chopsticks or pincers. 找 碴 儿 zhǎo chá r to pick a quarrel / to find fault / nitpicking 把 妹 bǎ mèi to pick up a girl / to get a girl 拎 起 līn qǐ to pick up (from the ground with one's hands) 拔 取 bá qǔ to pick out / to select and recruit / to pluck / to pull 拾 芥 shí jiè to pick up cress / fig. sth easy to do / a piece of cake 拿 得 起 放 得 下 ná de qǐ fàng de xià lit. can pick it up or put it down (idiom) / fig. to take what comes / to meet gains or losses with equanimity 挖 鼻 子 wā bí zi to pick one's nose 拣 起 jiǎn qǐ to pick up 择 刺 zhái cì to pick out the bones in a fish 择 日 子 zhái rì zi to pick an auspicious day 择 菜 zhái cài to pick the edible part of vegetables 挡 拆 dǎng chāi pick and roll (basketball) / screen and roll 横 挑 鼻 子 ， 竖 挑 眼 héng tiāo bí zi , shù tiāo yǎn to pick on sth incessantly / to criticize right and left 雷 公 打 豆 腐 Léi Gōng dǎ dòu fu the God of Thunder strikes bean curd / fig. to bully the weakest person / to pick on an easy target 雷 公 打 豆 腐 ， 拣 软 的 欺 Léi Gōng dǎ dòu fu , jiǎn ruǎn de qī the God of Thunder strikes bean curd, a bully picks the weakest person / to pick on an easy target 撬 锁 qiào suǒ to pick a lock / to force a lock 速 度 选 用 数 velocity pick 坡 脚 选 择 点 picked FOS point / FOS pick 反 射 面 选 择 reflection pick 扣 妞 kòu niū (slang) to pick up girls / to chase after girls 掏 包 tāo bāo to pick pockets 扣 女 kòu nu:3 (slang) to pick up girls / to chase after girls 把 马 子 bǎ mǎ zǐ to pick up a girl / to get a girl
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