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  *拔* | 拔* | *拔
to pull up / to pull out / to draw out by suction / to select / to pick / to stand out (above level) / to surpass / to seize
HSK 5
cupping glass / fire cupping (acupressure technique of Chinese medicine, with fired vacuum cup applied to the skin) / ventouse (vacuum method used in obstetrics)
to raise (one's voice) / to overrate / to build up / to stand out / outstanding
to pluck / to pull off / to pull out / to unplug
top-notch (colloquial) / to push oneself to the front
wire drawing / candied floss (cooking) / spun sugar or toffee (coating)
to distinguish oneself; to be of outstanding talent
jointing (agriculture)
to pull out / to remove
to break into a run
to spoil things through excessive enthusiasm (idiom)
tug-of-war / to take part in a tug-of-war
draw out pus by applying a plaster to the affected area
to strike camp
to weigh anchor
to pick out / to select and recruit / to pluck / to pull
lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom); fig. also involving others / inextricably tangled together / Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
to extract a tooth
select the best people for promotion
to pull out hair / to pluck / epilation
to rise steeply from level ground
outstanding / exceptionally good
discharge
(lit. and fig.) to uproot
elevation (above sea level)
to pull up seedlings (for transplanting)
topping (mining)
Bathsheba, wife of Uriah the Hittite and later of David (according to the Hebrew Bible)
elongation stage / jointing stage (agriculture)
(dialect) very cold / chilled
fire cupping (acupressure technique of Chinese medicine, with fired vacuum cup applied to the skin) / ventouse (vacuum method used in obstetrics)
lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow / fig. also involving others / inextricably tangled together / Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
lit. a hair plucked from (person A) would be thicker than (person B)'s waist (idiom) / fig. A is far richer (or more powerful) than B / (used in a pattern such as A拔根汗毛比B的腰粗)
(TCM) to cup; to give a cupping treatment / short detachable stove chimney used to help draw fire
lit. when you pull a radish out of the ground, some dirt comes up with it (idiom) / fig. to uncover, during the investigation of a crime, evidence of other crimes / to cause further problems while working on a problem
erhua variant of 拔尖
lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom); fig. also involving others / inextricably tangled together / Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
erhua variant of 拔火罐
cupping technique used in TCM
claw hammer


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