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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.

拣jiǎn

to choose / to pick / to sort out / to pick up

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挑三拣四tiāo sān jiǎn sì

to be picky / to be choosy

挑拣tiāo jiǎn

to pick and choose / to select

拣佛烧香jiǎn fó shāo xiāng

to choose which Buddha to burn incense to (idiom) / fig. to curry favor from the right person

拣信室jiǎn xìn shì

mail sorting office

拣择jiǎn zé

(literary) to select / to choose

拣起jiǎn qǐ

to pick up

拣选jiǎn xuǎn

to select / to sort out

拣饮择食jiǎn yǐn zé shí

to choose one's food carefully / to be picky

分拣fēn jiǎn

to sort (mail)

披沙拣金pī shā jiǎn jīn

(lit.) to sort the gold from the sand (idiom) / (fig.) to separate the wheat from the chaff

挑肥拣瘦tiāo féi jiǎn shòu

(idiom) to cherry-pick / to pick the best parts for oneself / to be choosy

暴力分拣bào lì fēn jiǎn

rough handling of parcels during mail sorting

白拣bái jiǎn

a cheap choice / to choose sth that costs nothing

翻拣fān jiǎn

to browse and select / to glance through and check

雷公打豆腐,拣软的欺Léi Gōng dǎ dòu fu , jiǎn ruǎn de qī

the God of Thunder strikes bean curd, a bully picks the weakest person / to pick on an easy target

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