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  *取* | 取* | *取
to take / to get / to choose / to fetch
HSK 2
to acquire; to get; to obtain
HSK 2
to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action) / to take
HSK 3
to cancel / cancellation
HSK 3
to fight for / to strive for / to win over
HSK 3
to accept an applicant (prospective student, employee etc) who passes an entrance exam / to admit (a student) / to hire (a job candidate)
HSK 4
to gain; to get; to acquire
HSK 4
to receive; to draw; to get
HSK 6
to receive / to collect
HSK 6
to withdraw money from a bank
HSK 6
to seize / to capture / to wrest control of
HSK 6
to hear (news); to listen to
HSK 6
ATM
HSK 6
(idiom) to replace; to supersede; to take its (or her etc) place
HSK 7-9
to steal (usu. private information, intellectual property etc)
HSK 7-9
to replace / to supersede / to supplant / (chemistry) substitution
HSK 7-9
to score a victory / to prevail over one's opponents
HSK 7-9
to warm oneself (by a fire etc)
HSK 7-9
to journey to India on a quest for the Buddhist scriptures / to learn by studying another's experience
HSK 7-9
to suppress; to crack down on; to prohibit
HSK 7-9
to tease; to make fun of
HSK 7-9
to obtain (sth) in exchange / to exchange (sth) for (sth else)
HSK 7-9
to ask / to demand
HSK 7-9
to hinge on / to be decided by / to depend on
HSK 7-9
to absorb / to draw (a lesson, insight etc) / to assimilate
HSK 7-9
to withdraw (money) / to collect (left luggage) / to extract / to refine
(of a computer etc) to read (data)
to take out / to extract / to draw out
(usually followed by 於|于) to hinge on / to be decided by / to depend on
to take a sample
to show initiative / to be a go-getter / to push forward with one's agenda
to win (favors, confidence etc)
to pick up / to collect
(chemistry) to produce
to store and retrieve (money, belongings etc) / (computing) to access (data)
to select a scene (for filming, sketching etc)
to pass an entrance exam / to be admitted to
to choose
to absorb (nutrients etc) / to assimilate / intake / to take a photograph of (a scene)
to make a profit / to earn a packet
to do textual research / to make textual criticism / to verify by means of research (esp. historical details) / to take an exam to get a certificate (abbr. for 考取證件|考取证件)
to give up life for righteousness (idiom, from Mencius) / to choose honor over life; would rather sacrifice one's life than one's principles
to extract / to remove / to draw (a sales commission, venom from a snake etc)
to cut off a section of sth
to seize
to acquire fraudulently / an illegal exchange
to name / to be named / to christen / to seek fame
to withdraw (money)
lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius) / to use this in place of that / what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts
to take by ruse / to outwit / to outsmart
to pluck / to take
lit. to kill the chicken to get the eggs (idiom) / fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
orientation / direction
to draw; to derive; to absorb
desirable; worth having / (of a suggestion etc) commendable; worthy
to steal (including identity theft, credit card fraud or theft of computer account) / to misappropriate
to try to please
to gain profit (by underhand means) / to exploit / see also 謀取|谋取
limitless supply (of) / inexhaustible
to help oneself to (food) / to invite (trouble) / to court (disaster)
to gain by cheating
to collect evidence
to seek / to strive for / to obtain / see also 牟取
(chemistry) liquid-liquid extraction (aka solvent extraction); to extract
to extract / to squeeze out (juice etc) / (fig.) to exploit
(idiom) to make trouble without reason; to be deliberately provocative
to gain advantage by any means, fair or foul; to be opportunistic; to be full of tricks
to select; to make one's choice; to decide what to accept and what to reject
to find amusement / to amuse oneself
to seize / to capture / to grab
to beat easily / to gain an easy victory
(idiom) to have only oneself to blame; to bring trouble through one's own actions
each takes what he needs (idiom)
to judge sb by appearances (idiom)
to draw on local resources / using materials at hand
sensationalism / vulgar claptrap to please the crowds / playing to the gallery / demagogy
quick fix / opportune short cut (around a difficulty) / cheap trick (to get what one wants) / to pull a fast one
to attack and seize
to hunt / (fig.) to seek (fame etc)
to dredge up; to scoop up from the water / to fish for; to gain (by improper means)
via / by way of / en route to
to feel in one's pocket and take sth (idiom); as easy as pie / in the bag
to win the trust of
to court disaster (idiom) / to dig one's own grave
lit. to pull chestnuts out of the fire (idiom) / fig. to be sb's cat's-paw
to give for free
to make trouble / to make fun of
to be on the waiting list (for admission to a school)
to seek / to seek out
to pick out / to select and recruit / to pluck / to pull
to pick / to select / to take / to capture (data) / to acquire / to pick up (a signal)
as easy as reaching for it from a bag (idiom) / in the bag / (as good as) in one's possession
to swindle / to defraud
to plunder / to pillage / to loot
to not even take a penny (as a bribe)
to take sth without permission
to collect material
admission notice (issued by a university)
to accept or reject
to retrieve

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