拔
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Definitions
- 1. to pull up
- 2. to pull out
- 3. to draw out by suction
- 4. to select
- 5. to pick
- 6. to stand out (above level)
- 7. to surpass
- 8. to seize
Words Containing 拔
stingy (idiom)
to spoil things through excessive enthusiasm (idiom)
tall and straight
to promote to a higher job
height above sea level
to select the best
see 別人牽驢你拔橛子|别人牵驴你拔橛子[bié ren qiān lu:2 nǐ bá jué zi]
outstandingly talented
to excel the common (idiom); surpassing
lit. someone else stole the donkey; you only pulled up the stake it was tethered to (idiom)
lit. with swords drawn and bows bent (idiom); fig. a state of mutual hostility
tall and straight
lit. to blow out the lamp and put out the candle (idiom)
fortitude
firm and indomitable (idiom); tenacious and unyielding
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
daddy
branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 nomadic people, founders of Wei 北魏 of the Northern Dynasties (386-534)
lit. when you pull a radish out of the ground, some dirt comes up with it (idiom)
see 路見不平，拔刀相助|路见不平，拔刀相助[lù jiàn bù píng , bá dāo xiāng zhù]
to pick out
to rise steeply from level ground
top-notch (colloquial)
to pluck
select the best people for promotion
discharge
(lit. and fig.) to uproot
lit. a hair plucked from (person A) would be thicker than (person B)'s waist (idiom)
draw out pus by applying a plaster to the affected area
to pull out hair
lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom); fig. also involving others
tug-of-war
elevation (above sea level)
chilled
(TCM) to cup; to give a cupping treatment
to strike camp
to extract a tooth
Bathsheba, wife of Uriah the Hittite and later of David (according to the Hebrew Bible)
to pull up seedlings (for transplanting)
jointing (agriculture)
elongation stage
wire drawing
cupping glass
fire cupping (acupressure technique of Chinese medicine, with fired vacuum cup applied to the skin)
outstanding
to break into a run
lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow
lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom); fig. also involving others
to distinguish oneself; to be of outstanding talent
claw hammer
to weigh anchor
to pull out
topping (mining)
to raise (one's voice)
to provoke
Hannibal (name)
hot swapping
to select
lit. to choose a general among the dwarves (idiom)
lit. choose a general from among the dwarfs
to free oneself
elephant trunk clam
outstanding
lit. to intervene when one sees an injustice (idiom)
to pull up by the roots
to set out (of troops)
Abbasid Empire (750-1258), successor of the Umayyad caliphate
lit. to grab feathers from a flying goose
handsome (of people)
shoe horn
shoehorn
plunger for unblocking toilet