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Meaning of 擢

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擢
Pinyin: zhuó
English Definition: to pull out; to select; to promote
Chinese Definition:
①拔:擢发难(nán)数(喻罪恶多得像头发那样数不清)。
②提拔,提升:擢升。擢用。擢第。
Total strokes: 17; Radical: 手
Pictophonetic:隹 indicates the sound; 扌 (hand) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • ⿰ Left to right
Similar Characters: 櫂
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Example Words
擢升 zhuó shēng to promote (sb); to upgrade; to ascend
拔擢 bá zhuó select the best people for promotion
擢发难数 zhuó fà nán shǔ lit. as difficult to count as hair pulled from sb's head (idiom); fig. innumerable (crimes)
升擢高任 shēng zhuó gāo rèn to be appointed to a higher post (idiom)
擢第 zhuó dì to pass the civil service examination (in imperial China)
More:擢* | *擢 | *擢*
Example Sentences
1
在何种铁砧上
?
以何等可怖的抓擢
?
What the anvil? What dread grasp?
2
刘虚白
,
竟陵人
,
擢元和进士第
。
诗一首
。
Liu virtual white, Jingling people, pull out the first element and Scholars. Write a poem.
3
另外
,
他对于擢英才于未显也颇有天赋
。
He also had a gift for putting people at their ease.
4
圣母升天后的一段情节描述了耶稣基督将圣母从受祝福的众人中擢拔出来
,
对她表达天国的欢迎
。
The episode follows the Assumption and describes the celestial welcome of the Virgin by Christ, who lifts her above the multitude of the blessed.