擢

zhuó
  1. to pull out
  2. to select
  3. to promote

CEDICT

  1. (literary) to pull out
  2. (literary) to select; to promote
  3. to pull out
  4. to select; to promote

Wiktionary

  1. 拔取、抽取。
  2. 提拔、选用。
  3. 耸起。
  4. 赚取。

重編國語辭典

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拔擢 bázhuó select the best people for promotion
擢升 zhuóshēng
  1. to promote (sb)
  2. to upgrade
  3. to ascend
擢第 zhuódì to pass the civil service examination (in imperial China)
擢发难数 zhuófànánshǔ
  1. lit. as difficult to count as hair pulled from sb's head (idiom)
  2. fig. innumerable (crimes)
擢用 zhuóyòng
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扳动 bāndòng
  1. to pull out
  2. to pull a lever
拔除 báchú
  1. to pull out
  2. to remove
我們必須拔除雜草。

We have to pull the weeds.

Source: Tatoeba

挦 xián
  1. to pull out (esp. hair or feathers)
  2. to pick
  3. to pluck
  4. fig. to extract (lines from a text)
拨出 bōchū
  1. to pull out
  2. to allocate (funds)
  3. to dial
拔 bá
  1. to pull up
  2. to pull out
  3. to draw out by suction
  4. to select
  5. to pick
  6. to stand out (above level)
  7. to surpass
  8. to seize
你拔插頭了嗎？

Did you pull the plug out?

Have you pulled the plug out?

Source: Tatoeba

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