10A.10-4
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(*ㄓㄞˊ [zhai2] , coll.).
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擇選 choose from among many;
擇配 choose a spouse;
擇偶 ditto;
擇婿 select a husband for one's daughter;
擇親 make marriage arrangements for one's children;
擇對 [ze2dui4]↓;
擇人而事 choose a master (prince) to serve;
擇之而歸 ditto;
擇鄰 pick a suitable place to live in, esp. for the rearing of one's children;
擇交 [ze2jiao1]↓;
擇優 choose the best there is;
擇善固執 find out what is good and hold fast to it;
擇期 pick a date (for marriage, burial, business venture);
擇日子 ditto;
擇吉 (開張) choose an auspicious day to start a business;
擇肥而噬 to victimize the rich.
(2) Differentiate: 牛羊何擇馬 (AC) why differentiate between cattle and sheep?
2.擇對 [ze2dui4], (1) v.i., choose a spouse; (2) (*[jia2dui0]) v.t., make a careful choice of : 擇對好了日子 choose an auspicious day.
3.擇乾淨兒 *[zhai2gan1jing4er0], v.i., shirk one's responsibility.
4.擇交 [ze2mao2er0], phr., choose friends carefully.
5.擇毛兒 *[zhai2mao2er0], phr., find fault with; fault-finding, captious, cavilling, carping.
6.擇木 [ze2mu4], v.i., (lit.) (of birds) choose a tree to nestle in, (fig.) choose a master to serve.
7.擇席 *[zhai2xi2], v.i., be choosy about the bed in which one sleeps.
8.擇手貨 *[zhai2shou0huo4], n., inferior goods left over unsold.
9.擇食 *[zhai2shi2] ([ze2shi2]), v.i., be particular about the food one eats: 饑不擇食 when one is hungry, one will eat anything given him.
10.擇刺 *[zhai2ci4], v.i., pick fish bones; (fig.) remove misunderstandings.