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  *取* | 取* | *取
to take / to get / to choose / to fetch
HSK 2
to fight for / to strive for / to win over
HSK 3
to acquire; to get; to obtain
HSK 2
to cancel; to call off; to revoke; to rescind
HSK 3
to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action) / to take
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 withdraw money from a bank
HSK 6
ATM
HSK 6
to receive / to collect
HSK 6
to gain; to get; to acquire
HSK 4
to hinge on / to be decided by / to depend on
HSK 7-9
to suppress; to crack down on; to prohibit
HSK 7-9
to absorb / to draw (a lesson, insight etc) / to assimilate
HSK 7-9
to withdraw money
to hear (news); to listen to
HSK 6
to accept or reject
to tease; to make fun of
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 seek / to strive for / to obtain / see also 牟取
to seize / to capture / to wrest control of
HSK 6
to replace / to supersede / to supplant / (chemistry) substitution
HSK 7-9
to draw a lesson (from a setback)
to win (favors, confidence etc)
to act with urgency / to buy time
to store and retrieve (money, belongings etc) / (computing) to access (data)
to obtain (sth) in exchange / to exchange (sth) for (sth else)
HSK 7-9
to score a victory / to prevail over one's opponents
HSK 7-9
to warm oneself (by a fire, heater etc)
HSK 7-9
to receive; to draw; to get
HSK 6
to select; to make one's choice; to decide what to accept and what to reject
to retrieve
to name / to be named / to christen / to seek fame
orientation / direction
to withdraw money
each takes what he needs (idiom)
to give for free
to access / to make use of
to absorb (nutrients etc) / to assimilate / intake / to take a photograph of (a scene)
to find amusement / to amuse oneself
to prevail / to achieve victory / to be victorious
to take a sample
(chemistry) to produce
to collect evidence
(chemistry) liquid-liquid extraction (aka solvent extraction); to extract
admission notice (issued by a university)
to pick up a pre-arranged item (e.g. package, document, ticket, reserved book) from a delivery point or collection location
(idiom) to replace; to supersede; to take its (or her etc) place
HSK 7-9
minimum passing score for admission
to ask / to demand
HSK 7-9
to attack and seize
to seek after / to strive for
to be released on bail (law)
to pluck / to take
to reap huge profits (esp. by unscrupulous means)
(usually followed by 於|于) to hinge on / to be decided by / to depend on
to capture
(idiom) to have only oneself to blame; to bring trouble through one's own actions
to beat easily / to gain an easy victory
acceptance rate; admission rate
to take sth without permission
to win the trust of
desirable; worth having / (of a suggestion etc) commendable; worthy
random access (memory)
via / by way of / en route to
to acquire fraudulently / an illegal exchange
(computing) cache (loanword) (Tw)
undecided between taking and leaving
take the cream, discard the dross (political and educational slogan) / keep what is good, discard the rest / You need to be selective when studying. / In modernizing the country, don't accept uncritically all foreign ideas.
to gain advantage by any means, fair or foul; to be opportunistic; to be full of tricks
to help oneself to (food) / to invite (trouble) / to court (disaster)
to take by ruse / to outwit / to outsmart
(computing) client pull
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 take silver / to come second in a competition
to take the best / to absorb the essence
to remove / to take away
to drill wood to make fire
to be on the waiting list (for admission to a school)
(chemistry) substituent
to draw on local resources / using materials at hand
viewfinder (of a camera etc)
to triumph in every battle and win every fight (idiom); all-conquering / ever victorious / nothing they can't do
to extract / to remove / to draw (a sales commission, venom from a snake etc)
to hunt / (fig.) to seek (fame etc)
to borrow
to steal
proactive
to accept / to receive
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
limitless supply (of) / inexhaustible
automated teller machine (ATM)
to extract / to squeeze out (juice etc) / (fig.) to exploit
as easy as reaching for it from a bag (idiom) / in the bag / (as good as) in one's possession
to seek / to seek out
to make trouble / to make fun of
to pick up / to collect
to pass an entrance exam / to be admitted to
to obtain (information from an archive etc)
to reach a consensus

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