择 (擇) zhái

1. zhái verb to pick (fruit, etc)
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '擇' zhái; Unihan '擇'; Mathews 1931 '擇', p. 33)
2. zé verb to select; to choose; to pick
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '擇' zé v 1; Unihan '擇')
3. zé verb to differentiate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '擇' zé v 2)

Contained in

• 择交(擇交) to choose one's companions ; to choose to associate with one's allies
• 择善而从(擇善而從) to choose the right course and follow it
• 可选择丢弃(可選擇丟棄) discard eligible (Frame Relay); DE
• 择日(擇日) to select an auspicious date
• 天择(天擇) natural selection
• 不择贵贱(不擇貴賤) does not choose between noble and base
• 口无择言(口無擇言) to say not a word that is not appropriate
• 净化选择(淨化選擇) purifying selection
• 选择(選擇) to select; to choose ; a selection; a choice
• 择主而事(擇主而事) select a leader and support him
• 择刺(擇刺) to pick out the bones in a fish
• 择菜(擇菜) to pick the edible part of vegetables
• 口不择言(口不擇言) to speak incoherently; to ramble; to talk irresponsibly
• 择地(擇地) to select a location; to select a plot of land
• 择偶(擇偶) to choose a spouse
• 择吉(擇吉) to select an auspicious day
• 自然选择(自然選擇) natural selection
• 拣饮择食(揀飲擇食) to choose one's food carefully; to be picky
• 选择题(選擇題) multiple-choice question
• 择主而归(擇主而歸) select a leader and support him
• 择阴(擇陰) to time to choose retreat
• 择期(擇期) to select an auspicious date and time
• 不加选择(不加選擇) indiscriminate
• 饥不择食(飢不擇食) when hungry you cannot choose what to eat
• 择亲(擇親) to select a son-in-law
• 平衡选择(平衡選擇) balancing selection
• 择要(擇要) key points
• 鹿死不择音(鹿死不擇音) an injured deer has to time to choose retreat
• 择食(擇食) to be picky about eating
• 别无选择(別無選擇) to have no other choice
• 选择性(選擇性) selectiveness; selectivity
• 定向选择(定向選擇) directional selection
• 特异选择(特異選擇) special choice; special reserve
• 物竞天择(物競天擇) natural selection
• 择定(擇定) to select
• 择木(擇木) to choose a tree
• 择不开(擇不開) impossible to separate; impossible to disentangle; cannot take time out
• 抉择(抉擇) to choose
• 拣择(揀擇) to choose; to select
• 择日子(擇日子) to pick an auspicious day
• 采择(採擇) to choose and use; to adopt (a decision)
• 择地而蹈(擇地而蹈) to select a plot of land for growing rice; to be catious
• 择交而友(擇交而友) to select companions and friends
• 择婿(擇婿) to select a son-in-law
• 不择手段(不擇手段) by fair means or foul; by hook or by crook
• 族群选择(族群選擇) group selection
• 良禽择木而栖(良禽擇木而棲) a good bird chooses a tree to nest in
• 决择(決擇) to judge and select
• 择善固执(擇善固執) to choose what is good and hold fast to it

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选择器 、 张择端

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 《中庸章句》 Commentary on Doctrine of the Mean Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 15
• 卷三百三十一 列傳第九十 孫長卿 周沆 李中師 羅拯 馬仲甫 王居卿 孫構 張詵 蘇宷 馬從先 沈遘 李大臨 呂夏卿 祖無擇 程師孟 張問 陳舜俞 樂京 劉蒙 苗時中 韓贄 楚建中 張頡 盧革 Volume 331 Biographies 90: Sun Zhangqing, Zhou Hang, Li Zhongshi, Luo Zheng, Ma Zhongfu, Wang Juqing, Sun Gou, Zhang Shen, Su Shen, Ma Congxian, Shen Gou, Li Dalin, Lu Xiaqing, Zu Wuzhai, Cheng Shimeng, Zhang Wen, Chen ShunYu, Le Jing, Liu Meng, Miao Shizhong, Han Zhi, Chu Jianzhong, Zhang Xie, Lu Ge History of Song 宋史 — count: 15
• 卷一百三十九 列傳第八十九: 陸贄 Volume 139 Biographies 89: Lu Zhi Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 13
• 卷一百五十八 志第一百十一 選舉四 Volume 158 Treatises 111: Selection and appointment of Officials 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 12
• 王霸篇第十一 Chapter 11: Rulers and Tyrants Xunzi 荀子 — count: 11
• 卷八十八 列傳第三十八: 韋思謙 陸元方 蘇瑰 Volume 88 Biographies 38: Wei Siqian, Lu Yuanfang, Su Gui Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 11
• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 11
• 卷四十九 爰盎晁錯傳 Volume 49: Yuan Ang and Chao Cuo Book of Han 漢書 — count: 10
• 卷三百二十二 列傳第八十一 何郯 吳中復 陳薦 王獵 孫思恭 周孟陽 齊恢 楊繪 劉庠 朱京 Volume 322 Biographies 81: He Tan, Wu Zhongfu, Chen Jian, Wang Lie, Sun Sigong, Zhou Mengyang, Qi Hui, Yang Hui, Liu Xiang, Zhu Jing History of Song 宋史 — count: 10
• 卷三百〇六 列傳第六十五 謝泌 孫何 朱台符 戚綸 張去華 樂黃目 柴成務 Volume 306 Biographies 65: Xie Bi, Sun He, Zhu Taifu, Qi Lun, Zhang Quhua, Le Huangmu, Chai Chengwu History of Song 宋史 — count: 10

Collocations

• 择人 (擇人) 好善而不能擇人 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 12
• 善择 (善擇) 不可不善擇也 — Xunzi 荀子, 王制篇第九 Chapter 9: Royal Regulations — count: 5
• 择善 (擇善) 擇善而舉 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 5
• 择臣 (擇臣) 擇臣莫如君 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 4
• 择言 (擇言) 罔有擇言在身 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 呂刑 Zhou Shu - Marquis of Lu on Punishments — count: 4
• 法择 (法擇) 使法擇人 — Guanzi 管子, 明法第四十六 Chapter 46: Wise Edicts — count: 3
• 栗择 (栗擇) 其实枣蒸栗择 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 聘禮 第八 8. Rites of courtesy calls — count: 3
• 能择 (能擇) 急何能擇 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 3
• 择士 (擇士) 所以擇士也 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《射義》 The Meaning of the Ceremony of Archery — count: 3
• 择国 (擇國) 必擇國之正壇 — Mozi 墨子, 卷八 明鬼下 Book 8 - On Ghosts III — count: 2