10A.82-1
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. [Dist. 祓 63B.82, 跋 40B.82]
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拔釘，艸，門閂，毛 pull out a nail, weeds, door bolt, hair;
拔牙 to extract teeth;
拔腿 to take to one's heels;
拔不出腿來 cannot get off from pressing duties;
拔來報往 phr., exchange visits, have frequent contacts;
拔虎鬚 pull tiger’s whiskers (twist lion's tail);
拔幟 capture enemy's colors;
拔營 strike camp;
拔樹尋根 trace to very roots;
拔茅連茹 phr., (LL) promote good men who will bring in their associates;
拔本塞源 (AC) phr., abandon source, (MC) clear up source and restore purity.
(2) Draw: 拔毒 draw out poison (pr. [ba3du2] in Peking dial.);
拔了短籌 draw a poor lot, i.e., be short-lived;
拔十得五 get fifty percent.
(3) Select, promote, place ahead, pay out of order: 拔付，拔還 pay, repay first;
選拔 select candidates, talent;
拔擢，拔尤 select and promote the best;
拔薦 [ba2jian4]↓;
名拔前茅 phr., come out among the first in examinations or with honors;
山乎其類，拔乎其萃 phr., be distinguished from one's kind, be among the select best, see 拔萃 [ba2cui4]↓;
拔親 update wedding on account of scheduled funeral.
(4) Rise from: 拔地而出 rise straight from the ground (of rock formations, etc.);
hence 海拔 degrees above sea level.
(5) Capture (city, fort 拔城，寨).
(6) To cool s.t. by water or ice: 拔一拔.
2.拔步 [ba2bu4], v.i., to march forward, move forward quickly.
3.拔闖 [ba2chuang4], v.i., step in and defend person being bullied.
4.拔除 [ba2chu2], v.t., eradicate.
5.拔群 [ba2qUn2], adj., outstanding.
6.拔貢 [ba2gong4], n., government fellow, fellowship, selected from districts in Manchu Dyn., see 貢生 31.80.
7.拔河 [ba2he2], v.i. & n., tug-of-war.
8.拔火罐兒 [ba2huo3gua4er0], n., small funnel over casserole to help draw charcoal fire.
9.拔薦 [ba2jian4], v.t., recommend for post or promote ahead of others.
10.拔脯（兒） [ba2pu2]([er0]), n., man who stands straight (forward looking);
11.拔脯子 [ba2pu2zi0], v.t., stick chest out as challenging attitude.
12.拔摋 [ba2sha1], v.i. & t., (MC) separate.
13.拔身 [ba2shen1], v.i., get away (from pressing duties).
14.拔舌地獄 [ba2she2di4yU4], n., (Budd.) hell where tongues are split; “you will go to such hell” said of person with vicious tongue.
15.拔絲（山藥） [ba2si1]([shan1yao1]), n., sugar-coated potato served red hot when sugar can be drawn out in threads; same with lotus-seeds, etc.
16.拔萃 [ba2cui4], adj., outstanding, among the select best.