擇![]() | 54A10 10A.10-4 | 部居 ![]() | 畫數 16 | ㄗㄜˊ [ze2] ![]() ![]() | ![]() |
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V | (1) Select, choose: 選擇 pick and choose; 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? | |||||||||||
Words | 1.擇不開 *[zhai2bu0kai1], v.i., (1) cannot be separated: 他們倆是擇不開的一對兒 the two of them are an inseparable pair; (2) cannot get away: 我忙得一點兒功夫擇不開 I’m so busy that I can't tear myself away for a moment. 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. |