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举
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Definitions
- 1. to lift
- 2. to cite
- 3. to enumerate
- 4. to act
- 5. to raise
- 6. to choose
- 7. to elect
- 8. act
- 9. move
- 10. deed
Example Sentences
1 shownJim 举 起了手。
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Words Containing 举
election court
Battle of Baiju (506 BC), in which Wu 吳|吴[wú] scored a crushing victory over Chu 楚[chǔ]
imperial examination
innumerable (idiom)
to lift weights
to give an example
a salute
to sit for imperial examinations
to play a critical role (idiom)
successful military candidate in the imperial provincial examination
world-famous (idiom)
imperial examination system
sensible act
the entire country
suffrage
to nominate as a worthy candidate; to recommend
such things as ...
to toast sb (with wine etc)
informer
to cooperate in a charity project
to report (an offense to the authorities)
the whole family
if you lift the headrope the meshes spread open (idiom)
grand event
to leave office for a high and distant place (idiom); to retire and place oneself above the fray
(do sth) on a large scale
graduate
indirect election
to go a long way away
to expose (e.g., wrongdoing)
great feat
(coll.) to pump iron
to hold (a meeting
to receive worldwide attention
to heave
to propose (for a job)
bootstrapping
to cooperate on a great undertaking or joint project
to make progress only with great difficulty (idiom)
Electoral College (of the United States)
Electoral College (of the United States)
Geju (Tibetan: transmit word of Buddha) sect of Tibetan Buddhist
lit. the exertion of lifting one's hand (idiom)
to enumerate
every little move
to select the best (for a job)
(literary) to move forward
act
to do more than is required (idiom); superfluous
synecdoche
meritorious deed
restlessness (Buddhism)
imperial examinations (in former times)
to develop simultaneously
to look up and see no-one familiar (idiom); not having anyone to rely on
legislative elections
move; act; measure
one move, two gains (idiom); two birds with one stone
snatch (weightlifting technique)
to offer evidence
to raise one and infer three
to lift up
fail to appreciate sb's kindness
throughout the world
many things waiting to be done (idiom)
constituent
a list
some cases picked out as example
one's every movement (idiom)
clean and jerk (weightlifting technique)
to astonish people (with a miraculous feat)
preparatory literary studies for imperial examination
non-competitive election (i.e. with as many candidates as there are seats)
many hands make light work (idiom)
a thousand things remain to be done (idiom)
to hesitate over what move to make (idiom); to waver
to look
to raise a loan
to pass the provincial level imperial examination
too numerous to list (idiom); innumerable
to raise a hand
to recommend
to lift sth up
too numerous to mention individually or one by one
a move
to lift up
pioneering work
(literary) to light a fire
competitive election (i.e. with more candidates than seats)
Treatise 134 BC by Han dynasty philosopher Dong Zhongshu 董仲舒
(dialect) height of a house
presidential election
move
every movement; each and every move
direct election
for example
erectile dysfunction
success at one go
combining native and foreign methods
Election Committee (Hong Kong)
easy
the right to be elected
bearing
to conduct
to report (malefactors to the police)
unrivaled (idiom); world number one
to act blindly without thinking (idiom)
to dance
win or lose, it all ends here
the entire nation
lit. to lift the tray to eyebrow level (idiom); mutual respect in a marriage
multiparty election
magnificent feat
to summarize
public election
to elect
voter