Examples
He took up his pen and began to write.
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Tom picked up the jar and read the label.
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As soon as he sat down, he picked up the telephone.
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Take this piece of chalk and write on the blackboard.
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Soon the same waiter came back to pick up the dishes.
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The enchantress clutched Rapunzel's beautiful tresses, wrapped them twice round her left hand, seized a pair of scissors with the right, and snip, snap, they were cut off, and the lovely braids lay on the ground.
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Entry Composition
| =1 | 拿 | ná | old variant of 拿 ná |
| =1 | 拿 | ná | variant of 拿 ná |
| =1 | 拿 | ná |
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| 2 | 起 | qǐ |
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Related entries
| 拎起 | līnqǐ | to pick up (from the ground with one's hands) |
| 拾 | shí |
他拾起了書。
He picked up the book. Source: Tatoeba |
| 拾取 | shíqǔ |
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| 拣起 | jiǎnqǐ | to pick up |
| 重拾 | chóngshí |
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