择木 (擇木) zémù
zémù
verb
to choose a tree
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '擇木'; Mathews 1931 '擇木', p. 33)
Contained in
- 良禽择木(良禽擇木) a good bird chooses a tree to nest in; to wisely choose a good leader to follow
- 良禽择木而栖(良禽擇木而棲) a good bird chooses a tree to nest in
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷五 Scroll 5 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 5
- 卷一百四十 列傳第九十: 韋皋 張建封 盧群 Volume 140 Biographies 90: Wei Gao, Zhang Jianfeng, Lu Qun Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 4
- 卷一百五十八 列傳第八十三 韋張嚴韓 Volume 158 Biographies 83: Wei, Zhang, Yan, Han New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 3
- 卷十 本紀第十: 肅宗 Volume 10 Annals 10: Suzong Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 3
- 卷六 Scroll 6 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 2
- 卷一百三十一 列傳第五十六 宗室宰相 Volume 131 Biographies 56: Imperial Clan and Chancellor New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 2
- 卷九十二 列傳第六十二 文苑 Volume 92 Biographies 62: Writers Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 2
- 卷十 Scroll 10 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 2
- 卷四十七 Scroll 47 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 2
- 卷五十六 Scroll 56 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 2
Collocations
- 韩择木 (韓擇木) 右散騎常侍韓擇木為禮部尚書 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷十 本紀第十: 肅宗 Volume 10 Annals 10: Suzong — count: 9
- 鸟择木 (鳥擇木) 如鳥擇木 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷一百六十六 列傳第一百十六: 元稹 白居易 Volume 166 Biographies 116: Yuan Zhen, Bai Juyi — count: 3
- 择木入 (擇木入) 時右散騎常侍韓擇木入對 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷一百十二 列傳第六十二: 李暠 李麟 李國貞 李峘 李巨 Volume 112 Biographies 62: Li Gao, Li Lin, Li Guozhen, Li Huan, Li Ju — count: 2
- 徐择木 (徐擇木) 徐擇木焉 — Book of Zhou 周書, 卷35 列傳第27 鄭孝穆 崔謙 弟說 子弘度 崔猷 裴俠 薛端 薛善 弟慎 Volume 35 Biographies 27: Zheng Xiaomu; Cui Qian; younger brother Shuo;Zi Hongdu; Cui You; Pei Xia; Xue Duan; Xue Shan; younger brother Shen — count: 2