to pull up / to pull out / to draw out by suction / to select / to pick / to stand out (above level) / to surpass / to seize
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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.
to pluck / to pull off / to pull out / to unplug
to select the best
tug-of-war / to take part in a tug-of-war
to extract a tooth
to promote to a higher job / to select for promotion
to excel the common (idiom) / surpassing / preeminent / outstanding
to free oneself / to extricate oneself from a difficult situation
height above sea level / elevation
lit. with swords drawn and bows bent (idiom) / fig. a state of mutual hostility / at daggers drawn
tall and straight
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
see 路見不平，拔刀相助|路见不平，拔刀相助[]
to pick out / to select and recruit / to pluck / to pull
to rise steeply from level ground
(idiom) (of a building etc) to rise out of the ground
top-notch (colloquial) / to push oneself to the front
erhua variant of 拔尖[]
to select for promotion / to elevate to a higher position
discharge
(lit. and fig.) to uproot
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[A B ])
to draw a gun
draw out pus by applying a plaster to the affected area
to pull out hair / to pluck / epilation
elevation (above sea level)
(dialect) very cold / chilled
(TCM) to cup / to give a cupping treatment / short detachable stove chimney used to help draw fire
erhua variant of 拔火罐[]
to strike camp
to pull up seedlings (for transplanting)
jointing (agriculture)
elongation stage / jointing stage (agriculture)
wire drawing / candied floss (cooking) / spun sugar or toffee (coating)
cupping glass / fire cupping (acupressure technique of Chinese medicine, with fired vacuum cup applied to the skin) / ventouse (vacuum method used in obstetrics)
to practice cupping (technique used in TCM)
fire cupping (acupressure technique of Chinese medicine, with fired vacuum cup applied to the skin) / ventouse (vacuum method used in obstetrics)
outstanding / exceptionally good
to break into a run
to spoil things through excessive enthusiasm (idiom)
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