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推
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Definitions
- 1. to push
- 2. to cut
- 3. to refuse
- 4. to reject
- 5. to decline
- 6. to shirk (responsibility)
- 7. to put off
- 8. to delay
- 9. to push forward
- 10. to nominate
- 11. to elect
- 12. massage
Example Sentences
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Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 推
to put into effect
elected by acclamation
see 推進器|推进器[tuī jìn qì]
inference by incomplete induction
lit. with money, you can get a devil to turn a millstone (idiom)
Twitter (microblogging service)
driving force
massage using one's buttocks
trolley
to evade
propeller
to push and pull
(of time) to elapse or pass
push rod or tappet (mechanics)
to make a lot of excuses
recursion
to repel
to offer excuses (colloquial)
promotion
to apply sth more broadly
prefectural judge (in imperial China)
to esteem
to find a pretext for refusing
to avoid (esp. responsibility); to shift (the blame); to pass the buck
to nominate as a worthy candidate; to recommend
to cause (prices etc) to rise
to use all sorts of excuses
tui na (form of Chinese manual therapy)
Jie Zhitui (7th century BC), legendary selfless subject of Duke Wen of Jin 晉文公|晋文公[jìn wén gōng], in whose honor the Qingming festival 清明[qīng míng] (Pure brightness or tomb-sweeping festival) is said to have been initiated
half willing and half unwilling (idiom); to yield after making a show of resistance
extrapolation (math.)
driving force; impetus; thrust (of a boat or airplane engine); repelling force
propulsion module
nonrecursive
to treat sincerely
promotional seminar
advancing all the time
to deduce
(idiom) to rudely push and pull others
to bolster
pyramid scheme
to estimate
to study in detail
lit. to push the boat with the current
oil massage
(physics) repulsive force
solid progress
recommendation letter
to esteem
mutually shirking responsibilities (idiom); each blaming the other
to recommend
propellant
to esteem
to infer; to guess
to think over
to deduce
to go back to the source
server push (computing)
inductive reasoning
and so on
tweet (on Twitter)
to infer
Twitter user
to spread; to extend
shopping cart
to esteem
see 推陳出新|推陈出新[tuī chén chū xīn]
bulldozer
to push open (a gate etc)
does not bear examination
to push out
predictive inference
to propagate
(physics) to repulse; repulsion
to shirk responsibility
to study
to esteem
to push over
to examine
to push (for acceptance of a plan)
jet propulsion
to make excuses
to clip hair
to infer
1 divided by 16 is 0.0625 (abacus rule)
speculation
see 介之推[jiè zhī tuī]
to endorse (sb for leader)
recommendation letter
to calculate
to trace back to
sales representative
to market
lit. when a wall is about to collapse, everybody gives it a shove (idiom)
to push the wave and add to the billows (idiom); to add momentum
booster rocket
reasoning
lit. the rear waves of the Yangtze River drive on those before (idiom)
hair clippers
to elucidate
to recommend a student for admission to a higher-level school
massage using one's breasts
to shove
to give one's bare heart into sb else's keeping (idiom); sb has one's absolute confidence
to push back (progress, the times etc)
product launch event
to postpone
see 胸推[xiōng tuī]
to estimate
recurrence relation
cart
to plan a military mission on a sand table (idiom)
bench press
baby buggy
to extend
presumption of innocence (law)
nuclear propulsion
lit. to push the boat with the current
to impel
to cede to the virtuous and yield to the talented (idiom)
to inquire
to infer
to regard as the foremost
to inquire into
murder mystery (novel)
to interrogate
to extend kindness
derivation
recurrence formula
to shove
to push and shove
to push-start (a car)
inference by complete induction
to plead
to procrastinate
to reason by analogy
to decline (an appointment, invitation etc)
to postpone
to infer; to consider and come to a judgment
to elect
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, R&D center in Pasadena, California
sliding door
to reckon
Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology (GALCIT, from 1926)
(aerospace) to boost
rocket-propelled grenade (RPG)
to extrapolate
promoter
to overthrow