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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
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to carry on a shoulder pole / to choose / to pick / to nitpick
HSK 4
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to raise / to dig up / to poke / to prick / to incite / to stir up
HSK 4
to challenge / challenge
HSK 4
to choose / to select
HSK 4
to provoke; provocation
HSK 7-9
to provoke / to stir up / to incite
HSK 7-9
picky / fussy
HSK 7-9
to pick / to choose / to fight a duel / Taiwan pr. [dan1 tiao1]
porter
to select very carefully
to provoke / to entice / to lure / to tantalize / to tease / to titillate
to incite / to provoke / to tease
to be picky about food
to incite disharmony / to instigate
to sow dissension (idiom); to drive a wedge between
picky about food
to sow discord
to pick and choose / to select
to look for bones in an egg / to find fault / to nitpick (idiom)
to play a leading role / to bear a heavy responsibility
to pick on sth incessantly (idiom) / to criticize right and left
one in a hundred / cream of the crop
to take the lead / to be first to (do sth) / to pioneer
to be picky / to be choosy
to incite a quarrel (idiom); to sow discord between people / to tell tales / to make mischief
to light a lamp / to raise a lantern
(idiom) to cherry-pick; to pick the best parts for oneself; to be choosy
to entice / to arouse / to provoke
slender
cross-stitch (embroidery)
to illuminate / to open up (a topic)
raised high / (of a person) slender; tall and thin (Taiwan pr. [gao1tiao1])
to incite / to stir up / to instigate
the eye incites, the heart invites (idiom); flirtatious / making eyes at sb
challenger
to carp / nitpicking / petty criticism
highlight (hair) / partial hair dye
(coll.) to quit one's job in disgust
carrying pole and its load
(architecture) high-ceilinged / to raise (a ceiling) to a height of / ceiling height
to sow discord everywhere
to sow discord / to provoke
tall person
to find fault / to carp / nitpicking
to choose sth over another to suit one's own convenience
to raise a lantern and fight at night (idiom); fig. to work into the night / to burn the midnight oil
to meet a challenge
excellent in every respect / flawless
eaves
laborers who carry cargo up and down the mountains on shoulder poles
to select very carefully
Space Shuttle Challenger
lit. it's the soft persimmons that people choose to squeeze (idiom) / fig. it's the weak (i.e. 軟柿子|软柿子) who get picked on / bullies pick soft targets
lit. only one end of the barber's pole is hot (idiom) / fig. one-sided enthusiasm / one party is interested, but the other, not so much / (Note: In former days, street barbers carried their equipment on a pole, with tools and a stool at one end and a brazier at the other.)
fascia / eaves board
erhua variant of 挑毛剔刺
to nitpick / petty criticism / to nag
to choose sth over another to suit one's own convenience
(fig.) to get cross-eyed / to be bewildered
provocative / tantalizing / titillating
erhua variant of 挑頭|挑头
excellent in every respect / flawless


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