挑[tiāo]

动

1. choose; select; pick out

♦ ~个好日子举行婚礼 choose a propitious day for the wedding

♦ ~最好的作种子 select the best for seeds

♦ 把那筐西红柿~一~。 Pick over that basket of tomatoes.

2. nitpick; be hypercritical; be fastidious

♦ ~毛病 find fault

♦ 他讲的话你就别~错儿了。 Stop picking holes in what he said.

3. carry (or tote) on the shoulder with a pole; shoulder

♦ ~着一担菜 carrying two baskets of vegetables on a shoulder pole

♦ ~水点种 carry (or fetch) water for dibbling (seeds, young plants, etc.)

♦ ~起领导生产的重担 shoulder the heavy load of leadership in production

量(for a load carried on a shoulder pole)

♦ 一~水 two buckets of water carried on a shoulder pole

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挑[tiǎo]
动

1. push sth. up with a pole or stick; raise

♦ 把帘子~起来 raise the curtain

♦ ~眉毛 raise one's eyebrows

♦ ~大姆指 hold up one's thumb (in approval)

♦ ~灯笼 hang a lantern (from a pole)

2. poke; pick

♦ ~火 poke a fire

♦ ~刺 pick out a splinter

♦ ~破水泡 prick a blister with a needle

♦ 把问题~开来说吧。 Let's put all the cards on the table.

3. stir up; instigate

♦ ~事 stir up trouble; sow discord

♦ 这口舌是他~起来的。 It was he who stirred up the quarrel.

名rising stroke (in Chinese characters)
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