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  *取* | 取* | *取
to take / to get / to choose / to fetch
HSK 2
to acquire; to get; to obtain
HSK 2
to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action) / to take
HSK 3
to cancel; to call off; to revoke; to rescind
HSK 3
to fight for / to strive for / to win over
HSK 3
to accept an applicant (prospective student, employee etc) who passes an entrance exam / to admit (a student) / to hire (a job candidate)
HSK 4
to gain; to get; to acquire
HSK 4
to receive; to draw; to get
HSK 6
to receive / to collect
HSK 6
to hear (news); to listen to
HSK 6
to seize / to capture / to wrest control of
HSK 6
to withdraw money from a bank
HSK 6
ATM
HSK 6
to hinge on / to be decided by / to depend on
HSK 7-9
to replace / to supersede / to supplant / (chemistry) substitution
HSK 7-9
to obtain (sth) in exchange / to exchange (sth) for (sth else)
HSK 7-9
to ask / to demand
HSK 7-9
to steal (usu. private information, intellectual property etc)
HSK 7-9
to score a victory / to prevail over one's opponents
HSK 7-9
to absorb / to draw (a lesson, insight etc) / to assimilate
HSK 7-9
to journey to India on a quest for the Buddhist scriptures / to learn by studying another's experience
HSK 7-9
to tease; to make fun of
HSK 7-9
to warm oneself (by a fire etc)
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to replace; to supersede; to take its (or her etc) place
HSK 7-9
to suppress; to crack down on; to prohibit
HSK 7-9
each takes what he needs (idiom)
to try to please
to retrieve
to store and retrieve (money, belongings etc) / (computing) to access (data)
to gain profit (by underhand means) / to exploit / see also 謀取|谋取
to name / to be named / to christen / to seek fame
to absorb (nutrients etc) / to assimilate / intake / to take a photograph of (a scene)
minimum passing score for admission
to collect evidence
to be on the waiting list (for admission to a school)
to pick / to select / to take / to capture (data) / to acquire / to pick up (a signal)
sensationalism / vulgar claptrap to please the crowds / playing to the gallery / demagogy
to select a scene (for filming, sketching etc)
orientation / direction
to choose
to take a sample
to withdraw (money) / to collect (left luggage) / to extract / to refine
to show initiative / to be a go-getter / to push forward with one's agenda
(chemistry) liquid-liquid extraction (aka solvent extraction); to extract
desirable; worth having / (of a suggestion etc) commendable; worthy
to accept / to receive
to make trouble / to make fun of
to select; to make one's choice; to decide what to accept and what to reject
to extract / to remove / to draw (a sales commission, venom from a snake etc)
water intake / to obtain water (from a well etc)
to access / to make use of
to pass an entrance exam / to be admitted to
to steal (including identity theft, credit card fraud or theft of computer account) / to misappropriate
to pick up / to collect
limitless supply (of) / inexhaustible
(idiom) to make trouble without reason; to be deliberately provocative
to draw; to derive; to absorb
to seize
to gain by cheating
to help oneself to (food) / to invite (trouble) / to court (disaster)
to take by ruse / to outwit / to outsmart
(usually followed by 於|于) to hinge on / to be decided by / to depend on
(idiom) to quote out of context
(idiom) to embarrass oneself
to seek / to strive for / to obtain / see also 牟取
positive point / merit / redeeming quality
lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius) / to use this in place of that / what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts
to dredge up; to scoop up from the water / to fish for; to gain (by improper means)
to hunt / (fig.) to seek (fame etc)
to drill wood to make fire
random access memory (RAM)
to give up life for righteousness (idiom, from Mencius) / to choose honor over life; would rather sacrifice one's life than one's principles
to reap huge profits (esp. by unscrupulous means)
to collect material
to gain advantage by any means, fair or foul; to be opportunistic; to be full of tricks
to court disaster (idiom) / to dig one's own grave
to ask for / to demand
to pluck / to take
enterprising spirit / initiative
to beat easily / to gain an easy victory
lit. to kill the chicken to get the eggs (idiom) / fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
to make fire
to win the trust of
random access memory (RAM)
(dialect) match (for lighting fire)
to cut off a section of sth
to find amusement / to amuse oneself
lit. to pull chestnuts out of the fire (idiom) / fig. to be sb's cat's-paw
to win (favors, confidence etc)
(literary) to choose between rejecting and accepting
to withdraw (money)
to pick out / to select and recruit / to pluck / to pull
to judge sb by appearances (idiom)
to acquire fraudulently / an illegal exchange
(idiom) to have only oneself to blame; to bring trouble through one's own actions
to swindle / to defraud
quick fix / opportune short cut (around a difficulty) / cheap trick (to get what one wants) / to pull a fast one
to plunder / to pillage / to loot
to take sth without permission

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