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  *取* | 取* | *取
to take / to get / to choose / to fetch
HSK 2
to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action) / to take
HSK 3
to acquire; to get; to obtain
HSK 2
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 cancel; to call off; to revoke; to rescind
HSK 3
to fight for / to strive for / to win over
HSK 3
to gain; to get; to acquire
HSK 4
to withdraw money from a bank
HSK 6
to seize / to capture / to wrest control of
HSK 6
to receive / to collect
HSK 6
to receive; to draw; to get
HSK 6
to absorb / to draw (a lesson, insight etc) / to assimilate
HSK 7-9
to accept or reject
to tease; to make fun of
HSK 7-9
to replace / to supersede / to supplant / (chemistry) substitution
HSK 7-9
to hear (news); to listen to
HSK 6
to win (favors, confidence etc)
to store and retrieve (money, belongings etc) / (computing) to access (data)
to journey to India on a quest for the Buddhist scriptures / to learn by studying another's experience
HSK 7-9
to draw a lesson (from a setback)
to warm oneself (by a fire, heater etc)
HSK 7-9
to find amusement / to amuse oneself
ATM
HSK 6
(usually followed by 於|于) to hinge on / to be decided by / to depend on
to hinge on / to be decided by / to depend on
HSK 7-9
to retrieve
to select; to make one's choice; to decide what to accept and what to reject
to name / to be named / to christen / to seek fame
orientation / direction
to choose
to score a victory / to prevail over one's opponents
HSK 7-9
each takes what he needs (idiom)
to give for free
to access / to make use of
to suppress; to crack down on; to prohibit
HSK 7-9
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
(chemistry) liquid-liquid extraction (aka solvent extraction); to extract
to prevail / to achieve victory / to be victorious
limitless supply (of) / inexhaustible
to obtain (sth) in exchange / to exchange (sth) for (sth else)
HSK 7-9
to pick up a pre-arranged item (e.g. package, document, ticket, reserved book) from a delivery point or collection location
to take action / to adopt policies / to move on some issue
to make a profit / to earn a packet
(idiom) to replace; to supersede; to take its (or her etc) place
HSK 7-9
to ask / to demand
HSK 7-9
to attack and seize
to seek after / to strive for
to withdraw money
to pluck / to take
(idiom) to make trouble without reason; to be deliberately provocative
to reap huge profits (esp. by unscrupulous means)
to try to please
to capture
(idiom) to have only oneself to blame; to bring trouble through one's own actions
to seek / to seek out
to take sth without permission
to win the trust of
desirable; worth having / (of a suggestion etc) commendable; worthy
via / by way of / en route to
to acquire fraudulently / an illegal exchange
(computing) cache (loanword) (Tw)
to absorb (nutrients etc) / to assimilate / intake / to take a photograph of (a scene)
to help oneself to (food) / to invite (trouble) / to court (disaster)
admission notice (issued by a university)
to take by ruse / to outwit / to outsmart
(computing) client pull
to remove / to take away
(chemistry) substituent
to unfollow (on social media etc) (abbr. for 取消關注|取消关注)
to draw on local resources / using materials at hand
viewfinder (of a camera etc)
to extract / to remove / to draw (a sales commission, venom from a snake etc)
to borrow
to steal
take the cream, discard the dross (political and educational slogan) / keep what is good, discard the rest / You need to be selective when studying. / In modernizing the country, don't accept uncritically all foreign ideas.
to accept / to receive
to take the best / to absorb the essence
release from custody, subject to provision of a surety, pending investigation (PRC)
to extract / to squeeze out (juice etc) / (fig.) to exploit
as easy as reaching for it from a bag (idiom) / in the bag / (as good as) in one's possession
to obtain (information from an archive etc)
enterprising spirit / initiative
to withdraw money
to steal (including identity theft, credit card fraud or theft of computer account) / to misappropriate
to pick up / to collect
to pass an entrance exam / to be admitted to
to reach a consensus
(dialect) match (for lighting fire)
to dredge up; to scoop up from the water / to fish for; to gain (by improper means)
lit. to kill the chicken to get the eggs (idiom) / fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
acceptance rate; admission rate
to cut off
to withdraw (money) / to collect (left luggage) / to extract / to refine
(idiom) to quote out of context
quick fix / opportune short cut (around a difficulty) / cheap trick (to get what one wants) / to pull a fast one
to collect evidence
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 gain advantage by any means, fair or foul; to be opportunistic; to be full of tricks
to plunder / to pillage / to loot
to withdraw (money)

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