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 拾掇 shí duo to clear up / to tidy up / to pick up / to repair syn 作东 作東 zuò dōng to host (a dinner) / to treat / to pick up the check 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 拾 shí to pick up / to collate or arrange / ten (banker's anti-fraud numeral) syn 捡 撿 jiǎn to pick up / to collect / to gather syn 搛 jiān to pick up with chopsticks 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 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 任选 任選 rèn xuǎn to choose freely / to pick whichever one fancies 重拾 chóng shí to pick up (a theme etc) / to regain (confidence) / to revive (a custom, friendship etc) 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 找茬 zhǎo chá to pick fault with / to spot the differences / to nitpick / to pick a quarrel / to find complaint with 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 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 扒窃 扒竊 pá qiè to steal / to pick pockets / to frisk 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 拾掇 shí duō to clear up / to tidy up / to pick up 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 挑拣 挑揀 tiāo jiǎn to pick and choose / to select syn 剔牙 tī yá to pick one's teeth 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) 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 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 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 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 抉 jué to pick out / to single out 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 銶 qiú single-headed pick / stone chisel 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 丁字镐 丁字鎬 dīng zì gǎo hammer pick 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) 挑肥拣瘦 挑肥揀瘦 tiāo féi - jiǎn shòu (idiom) to cherry-pick / to pick the best parts for oneself / to be choosy 塈 jì (literary) to plaster / (literary) to pick up / (literary) to rest 敧 qǐ to pick up thing with chopsticks or pincers. 找碴儿 找碴兒 zhǎo chá r to pick a quarrel / to find fault / nitpicking syn 把妹 bǎ mèi to pick up a girl / to get a girl 拎起 līn qǐ to pick up (from the ground with one's hands) 拔取 bá qǔ to pick out / to select and recruit / to pluck / to pull 拾芥 shí jiè to pick up cress / fig. sth easy to do / a piece of cake 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 挖鼻子 wā bí zi to pick one's nose 接机 接機 jiē jī to meet (or pick up) sb arriving by plane / (of airport staff) to deal with the arrival of a plane 拣起 揀起 jiǎn qǐ to pick up 择刺 擇刺 zhái cì to pick out the bones in a fish 择日子 擇日子 zhái rì zi to pick an auspicious day 择菜 擇菜 zhái cài to pick the edible part of vegetables 挡拆 擋拆 dǎng chāi pick and roll (basketball) / screen and roll 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 / to criticize right and left 雷公打豆腐 léi gōng dǎ dòu fu the God of Thunder strikes bean curd / fig. to bully the weakest person / to pick on an easy target 雷公打豆腐，拣软的欺 雷公打豆腐，揀軟的欺 léi gōng dǎ dòu fu , jiǎn ruǎn de qī the God of Thunder strikes bean curd, a bully picks the weakest person / to pick on an easy target 撬锁 撬鎖 qiào suǒ to pick a lock / to force a lock 收集点 收集點 shōu jí diǎn pick-up point (refuse) 速度选用数 速度選用數 velocity pick 