选择 選擇 xuǎn zé to select / to pick / choice / option / alternative syn 影 yǐng picture / image / film / movie / photograph / reflection / shadow / trace syn 影子 yǐng zi shadow / reflection / (fig.) hint / indication / influence / CL:個|个[ge4] 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 选出 選出 xuǎn chū to pick out / to select / to elect syn 反映 fǎn yìng to mirror / to reflect / mirror image / reflection / (fig.) to report / to make known / to render syn 反射 fǎn shè to reflect / reflection (from a mirror etc) / reflex (i.e. automatic reaction of organism) syn 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 深思熟虑 深思熟慮 shēn sī shú lǜ mature reflection / after careful deliberations syn 找茬 zhǎo chá to pick fault with / to spot the differences / to nitpick / to pick a quarrel / to find complaint with 反思 fǎn sī to think back over sth / to review / to revisit / to rethink / reflection / reassessment syn 接送 jiē sòng to pick up and drop off / to ferry back and forth 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 找事 zhǎo shì to look for employment / to pick a quarrel syn 甄选 甄選 zhēn xuǎn to select / to pick syn 起色 qǐ sè a turn for the better / to pick up / to improve syn 采摘 採摘 cǎi zhāi to pluck / to pick syn 剔牙 tī yá to pick one's teeth 回升 huí shēng to rise again after a fall / to pick up / rally (stock market etc) syn 拾掇 shí duō to clear up / to tidy up / to pick up syn 挑拣 挑揀 tiāo jiǎn to pick and choose / to select syn 提速 tí sù to increase the specified cruising speed / to pick up speed / to speed up syn 任选 任選 rèn xuǎn to choose freely / to pick whichever one fancies 提货 提貨 tí huò to accept delivery of goods / to pick up goods 没说的 沒說的 méi shuō de nothing to pick on / really good / nothing to discuss / settled matter / no problem 遴选 遴選 lín xuǎn to pick / to choose / to select syn 撷取 擷取 xié qǔ to pick / to select / to take / to capture (data) / to acquire / to pick up (a signal) 波光 bō guāng gleaming reflection of waves in sunlight 寻衅 尋釁 xún xìn to pick a quarrel / to start a fight syn 扒窃 扒竊 pá qiè to steal / to pick pockets / to frisk syn 拾取 shí qǔ to pick up / to collect syn 拾金不昧 shí jīn bù mèi to pick up money and not hide it (idiom) / to return property to its owner 拿起 ná qǐ to pick up 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) 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 单挑 單挑 dān tiāo to pick / to choose / to fight a duel 映像 yìng xiàng reflection / image (in a mirror) 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 采花 採花 cǎi huā to pick flowers / to enter houses at night in order to rape women 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 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 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 后感 後感 hòu gǎn afterthought / reflection after an event / a review (of a movie etc) 拾掇 shí duo to clear up / to tidy up / to pick up / to repair syn 反射光 fǎn shè guāng to reflect light / reflection / reflected light 反照 fǎn zhào reflection syn 选 選 xuǎn to choose / to pick / to select / to elect syn 照 zhào according to / in accordance with / to shine / to illuminate / to reflect / to look at (one's reflection) / to take (a photo) / photo / as requested / as before syn 挑 tiāo to carry on a shoulder pole / to choose / to pick / to nitpick 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 捡 撿 jiǎn to pick up / to collect / to gather 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 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 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 掐 qiā to pick (flowers) / to pinch / to nip / to pinch off / to clutch / (slang) to fight syn 叉 chā fork / pitchfork / prong / pick / cross / intersect / "X" syn 拾 shí to pick up / to collate or arrange / ten (banker's anti-fraud numeral) syn 拣 揀 jiǎn to choose / to pick / to sort out / to pick up syn 盛 chéng to hold / to contain / to ladle / to pick up with a utensil syn 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 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 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 镐 鎬 gǎo a pick syn 作东 作東 zuò dōng to host (a dinner) / to treat / to pick up the check 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 搛 jiān to pick up with chopsticks 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 串味 chuàn wèi to become tainted with the smell of sth else / to pick up an odor 抉 jué to pick out / to single out 摭 zhí pick up / to select 鑑 jiàn variant of 鑒|鉴 / example / mirror / to view / reflection / to reflect / to inspect / to warn / (ancient bronze mirror) 丁字镐 丁字鎬 dīng zì gǎo hammer pick syn 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 地震反射法 seismic reflection / seismic reflection technique / seismic reflection method 多道地震反射线 多道地震反射線 multichannel seismic reflection line / MCS reflection line / multichannel seismic reflection profile 多道地震反射剖面 multichannel seismic reflection line / MCS reflection line / multichannel seismic reflection profile 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 反射系数 反射系數 fǎn shè xì shù reflection 反射作用 fǎn shè zuò yòng reflex / reflection 反射星云 反射星雲 fǎn shè xīng yún reflection nebula 反映论 反映論 fǎn yìng lùn theory of reflection (in dialectic materialism), i.e. every perception reflects physical reality 潭影 tán yǐng reflection in a deep pond 零偏移反射 líng piān yí fǎn shè zero-offset reflection 多次反射 duō cì fǎn shè multiple reflection / multiple 恢复和思考期 恢複和思考期 recovery and reflection period 