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to pull up / to pull out / to draw out by suction / to select / to pick / to stand out (above level) / to surpass / to seize
HSK 5
jointing (agriculture)
Bathsheba, wife of Uriah the Hittite and later of David (according to the Hebrew Bible)
to spoil things through excessive enthusiasm (idiom)
to break into a run
to raise (one's voice) / to overrate / to build up / to stand out / outstanding
(lit. and fig.) to uproot
to pluck / to pull off / to pull out / to unplug
select the best people for promotion
lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom); fig. also involving others / inextricably tangled together / Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
lit. when you pull a radish out of the ground, some dirt comes up with it (idiom) / fig. to uncover, during the investigation of a crime, evidence of other crimes / to cause further problems while working on a problem
top-notch (colloquial) / to push oneself to the front
tug-of-war / to take part in a tug-of-war
(TCM) to cup; to give a cupping treatment / short detachable stove chimney used to help draw fire
to pull out / to remove
elevation (above sea level)
to weigh anchor
to extract a tooth
cupping glass / fire cupping (acupressure technique of Chinese medicine, with fired vacuum cup applied to the skin) / ventouse (vacuum method used in obstetrics)
wire drawing / candied floss (cooking) / spun sugar or toffee (coating)
draw out pus by applying a plaster to the affected area
to pull out hair / to pluck / epilation
to pick out / to select and recruit / to pluck / to pull
to rise steeply from level ground
lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow / fig. also involving others / inextricably tangled together / Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
to practice cupping (technique used in TCM)
claw hammer
to distinguish oneself; to be of outstanding talent
fire cupping (acupressure technique of Chinese medicine, with fired vacuum cup applied to the skin) / ventouse (vacuum method used in obstetrics)
outstanding / exceptionally good
(dialect) very cold / chilled
elongation stage / jointing stage (agriculture)
discharge
to pull up seedlings (for transplanting)
topping (mining)
lit. a hair plucked from (person A) would be thicker than (person B)'s waist (idiom) / fig. A is far richer (or more powerful) than B / (used in a pattern such as A拔根汗毛比B的腰粗)
to strike camp
erhua variant of 拔火罐
erhua variant of 拔尖


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