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择
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Definitions
- 1. to select
- 2. to choose
- 3. to pick over
- 4. to pick out
- 5. to differentiate
- 6. to eliminate
- 7. also pr. [zhái]
Example Sentences
1 shown选 择 。
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Words Containing 择
when hungry, you can't pick what you eat (idiom); beggars can't be choosers
to choose a spouse
to pick the edible part of vegetables
by fair means or foul
to be picky (food)
free agency
special choice
to pick out the bones in a fish
to pick an auspicious day
a fine bird chooses a tree to nest in (proverb)
to select
to choose (literary)
discard eligible (Frame Relay)
indiscriminate
to choose the right course and follow it (idiom)
natural selection
lit. carefully setting an auspicious date does not beat seizing an opportunity (idiom)
selective
to choose and use
natural selection
impossible to separate
to say not a word that is not appropriate (idiom)
a fine bird chooses a tree to nest in (proverb)
Zhang Zeduan (1085-1145), Song dynasty painter
to choose one's food carefully
(literary) to select
to speak incoherently
to have no other choice
to select
multiple-choice question
to fix a date (for an event)
natural selection