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  *拔* | 拔* | *拔
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
to distinguish oneself; to be of outstanding talent
cupping glass / fire cupping (acupressure technique of Chinese medicine, with fired vacuum cup applied to the skin) / ventouse (vacuum method used in obstetrics)
to pluck / to pull off / to pull out / to unplug
wire drawing / candied floss (cooking) / spun sugar or toffee (coating)
tug-of-war / to take part in a tug-of-war
jointing (agriculture)
to spoil things through excessive enthusiasm (idiom)
to strike camp
(TCM) to cup; to give a cupping treatment / short detachable stove chimney used to help draw fire
to raise (one's voice) / to overrate / to build up / to stand out / outstanding
to break into a run
to weigh anchor
select the best people for promotion
to pick out / to select and recruit / to pluck / to pull
outstanding / exceptionally good
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.
to practice cupping (technique used in TCM)
to rise steeply from level ground
top-notch (colloquial) / to push oneself to the front
topping (mining)
erhua variant of 拔尖
to pull out hair / to pluck / epilation
to extract a tooth
erhua variant of 拔火罐
discharge
to pull up seedlings (for transplanting)
Bathsheba, wife of Uriah the Hittite and later of David (according to the Hebrew Bible)
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
(lit. and fig.) to uproot
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)
draw out pus by applying a plaster to the affected area
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.
elevation (above sea level)
(dialect) very cold / chilled
elongation stage / jointing stage (agriculture)
fire cupping (acupressure technique of Chinese medicine, with fired vacuum cup applied to the skin) / ventouse (vacuum method used in obstetrics)
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.
claw hammer
to pull out / to remove


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