樱花 櫻花 yīng huā oriental cherry (Prunus serrulata or Prunus yedoensis), prized for its blossom / also known as sakura (Japanese) or Yoshino cherry 红姑娘 紅姑娘 hóng gū niang Chinese lantern plant / winter cherry / strawberry ground-cherry / Physalis alkekengi 酸浆 酸漿 suān jiāng Chinese lantern plant (Physalis alkekengi) / winter cherry / strawberry ground-cherry / creeping oxalis (Oxalis corniculata) 摘下 zhāi xià to take off / to remove (one's hat, a door from its hinges etc) / to pick (a piece of fruit from a tree etc) / (sports) to pick off (a rebound etc) 撷取 擷取 xié qǔ to pick / to select / to take / to capture (data) / to acquire / to pick up (a signal) 找茬 zhǎo chá to pick fault with / to spot the differences / to nitpick / to pick a quarrel / to find complaint with 择 擇 zé to select / to choose / to pick over / to pick out / to differentiate / to eliminate / also pr. [zhai2] syn 择 擇 zhái to choose / to pick over / to pick out / to take out / to eliminate syn 摘 zhāi to take / to pick (flowers, fruit etc) / to pluck / to remove / to take off (glasses, hat etc) / to select / to pick out / to borrow money at a time of urgent need syn 拣 揀 jiǎn to choose / to pick / to sort out / to pick up syn 双舱客货车 雙艙客貨車 double cabin pick-up / dual cabin pick-up 接活 jiē huó to take on a piece of work / to pick up some freelance work / (of a taxi driver) to pick up a fare 拉活 lā huó (northern dialect) to pick up a fare (as a taxi driver) / to pick up a piece of work (as a courier) 樱桃小嘴 櫻桃小嘴 yīng táo xiǎo zuǐ lit. cherry mouth (idiom) / fig. a delicate, ruby-lipped mouth 樱桃 櫻桃 yīng táo cherry syn 升降机 升降機 shēng jiàng jī aerial work platform (e.g. cherry picker or scissor lift) / lift / elevator syn 樱桃园 櫻桃園 yīng táo yuán The Cherry Orchard, a play by Chekhov 契訶夫|契诃夫[Qi4 he1 fu1] 棠 táng cherry-apple syn 樱 櫻 yīng cherry syn 毛酸浆 毛酸漿 máo suān jiāng husk ground-cherry / husk tomato (Physalis pubescens) 灯笼果 燈籠果 dēng lóng guǒ cape gooseberry / Peruvian ground-cherry / Physalis peruviana 秘鲁苦蘵 秘魯苦蘵 bì lǔ kǔ zhí Peruvian ground-cherry / cape gooseberry / Physalis peruviana 圣女果 聖女果 shèng nǚ guǒ cherry tomato 苦蘵 kǔ zhí cutleaf ground-cherry / Physalis angulata 车厘子 車厘子 chē lí zi (American) cherry (loanword) 车载升降台 cherry picker 摘樱桃 zhāi yīng táo cherry picking 摘樱桃者 摘櫻桃者 zhāi yīng táo zhě cherry picker 马拉斯奇诺樱桃 馬拉斯奇諾櫻桃 mǎ lā sī jī nuò yīng táo maraschino cherry 拈花惹草 niān huā rě cǎo lit. to pick the flowers and trample the grass (idiom) / fig. to womanize / to frequent brothels / to sow one's wild oats syn 拾金不昧 shí jīn bù mèi to pick up money and not hide it (idiom) / to return property to its owner 饥不择食 飢不擇食 jī bù zé shí when hungry, you can't pick what you eat (idiom) / beggars can't be choosers / When matters are urgent, don't spend time choosing alternatives. syn 破镜重圆 破鏡重圓 pò jìng chóng yuán a shattered mirror put back together (idiom) / (of marriage) to pick up the pieces and start anew / for a separated couple to reconcile and reunite syn 拾人牙慧 shí rén yá huì to pick up what others say (idiom) / to pass off other people's opinions as one's own / to parrot 采兰赠芍 採蘭贈芍 cǎi lán zèng sháo lit. pick orchids and present peonies (idiom) / fig. presents between lovers 探骊得珠 探驪得珠 tàn lí dé zhū to pluck a pearl from the black dragon (idiom, from Zhuangzi) / fig. to pick out the salient points (from a tangled situation) / to see through to the nub 俯拾皆是 fǔ shí jiē shì lit. so numerous that one could just bend down and pick them up (idiom) / fig. extremely common / easily available syn 横挑鼻子竖挑眼 橫挑鼻子豎挑眼 héng tiāo bí zi shù tiāo yǎn to pick on sth incessantly (idiom) / to criticize right and left syn 拿得起放得下 ná de qǐ fàng de xià lit. can pick it up or put it down (idiom) / fig. to take what comes / to meet gains or losses with equanimity 柿子挑软的捏 柿子挑軟的捏 shì zi tiāo ruǎn de niē 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[ruan3 shi4 zi5]) who get picked on / bullies pick soft targets 矬子里拔将军 矬子裡拔將軍 cuó zi lǐ bá jiāng jūn lit. to choose a general among the dwarves (idiom) / fig. to pick the best out of a bad group 选择 選擇 xuǎn zé to select / to pick / choice / option / alternative syn 拿起 ná qǐ to pick up 指点 指點 zhǐ diǎn to point out / to indicate / to give directions / to show how (to do sth) / to censure / to pick at syn 选出 選出 xuǎn chū to pick out / to select / to elect syn 宁可 寧可 nìng kě preferably / one would prefer to...(or not to...) / would rather / (would) be better to / (to pick) the lesser of two evils syn 回升 huí shēng to rise again after a fall / to pick up / rally (stock market etc) syn 提速 tí sù to increase the specified cruising speed / to pick up speed / to speed up syn 接送 jiē sòng to pick up and drop off / to ferry back and forth syn 勾起 gōu qǐ to evoke / to induce / to call to mind / to pick up with a hook 泡妞 pào niū to pick up girls / to play around with girls / to chase after girls 提货 提貨 tí huò to accept delivery of goods / to pick up goods 单挑 單挑 dān tiāo to pick / to choose / to fight a duel 任选 任選 rèn xuǎn to choose freely / to pick whichever one fancies 采摘 採摘 cǎi zhāi to pluck / to pick syn 重拾 chóng shí to pick up (a theme etc) / to regain (confidence) / to revive (a custom, friendship etc) 相中 xiāng zhòng to find to one's taste / to pick (after looking at) / Taiwan pr. [xiang4 zhong4] syn 拾取 shí qǔ to pick up / to collect syn 起色 qǐ sè a turn for the better / to pick up / to improve syn 遴选 遴選 lín xuǎn to pick / to choose / to select syn 甄选 甄選 zhēn xuǎn to select / to pick syn 采花 採花 cǎi huā to pick flowers / to enter houses at night in order to rape women 找事 zhǎo shì to look for employment / to pick a quarrel syn 寻衅 尋釁 xún xìn to pick a quarrel / to start a fight syn 拾得 shí dé to find / to pick up / to collect 采食 採食 cǎi shí to forage / to gather for eating / to pick and eat 没说的 沒說的 méi shuō de nothing to pick on / really good / nothing to discuss / settled matter / no problem 扒窃 扒竊 pá qiè to steal / to pick pockets / to frisk syn 拾掇 shí duō to clear up / to tidy up / to pick up syn 拾掇 shí duo to clear up / to tidy up / to pick up / to repair syn 挑拣 挑揀 tiāo jiǎn to pick and choose / to select syn 剔牙 tī yá to pick one's teeth 作东 作東 zuò dōng to host (a dinner) / to treat / to pick up the check syn 精 jīng essence / extract / vitality / energy / semen / sperm / mythical goblin spirit / highly perfected / elite / the pick of sth / proficient (refined ability) / extremely (fine) / selected rice (archaic) syn 拾零 shí líng to pick up bits / to collect scrap material / tidbits / gleanings (used as gossip) 选 選 xuǎn to choose / to pick / to select / to elect syn 串味 chuàn wèi to become tainted with the smell of sth else / to pick up an odor 盛 chéng to hold / to contain / to ladle / to pick up with a utensil syn 挑 tiāo to carry on a shoulder pole / to choose / to pick / to nitpick syn 拔 bá to pull up / to pull out / to draw out by suction / to select / to pick / to stand out (above level) / to surpass / to seize syn 拾 shí to pick up / to collate or arrange / ten (banker's anti-fraud numeral) syn 泡 pào bubble / foam / blister / to soak / to steep / to infuse / to dawdle / to loiter / to pick up (a girl) / to get off with (a sexual partner) / classifier for occurrences of an action / classifier for number of infusions syn 叉 chā fork / pitchfork / prong / pick / cross / intersect / "X" syn 捡 撿 jiǎn to pick up / to collect / to gather syn 剔 tī to scrape the meat from bones / to pick (teeth etc) / to weed out syn 撮 cuō to pick up (a powder etc) with the fingertips / to scoop up / to collect together / to extract / to gather up / classifier: pinch / Taiwan pr. [cuo4] syn 掐 qiā to pick (flowers) / to pinch / to nip / to pinch off / to clutch / (slang) to fight syn 抉 jué to pick out / to single out 抠 摳 kōu to dig / to pick / to scratch (with a finger or sth pointed) / to carve / to cut / to study meticulously / stingy / miserly / to lift up (esp. the hem of a robe) syn 镐 鎬 gǎo a pick syn 掇 duō to pick up / to collect / to gather up 镊 鑷 niè (bound form) tweezers / to use tweezers (to grasp, pick up, or pull out etc, depending on whether the following resultative verb is 住[zhu4] or 起[qi3] or 出[chu1] etc) syn 摭 zhí pick up / to select 搛 jiān to pick up with chopsticks syn 銶 qiú single-headed pick / stone chisel 塈 jì (literary) to plaster / (literary) to pick up / (literary) to rest 敧 qǐ to pick up thing with chopsticks or pincers. 丁字镐 丁字鎬 dīng zì gǎo hammer pick syn 找碴儿 找碴兒 zhǎo chá r to pick a quarrel / to find fault / nitpicking syn 