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Trad	Simp	Mandarin	Definition	Days old	Ver
別無選擇	别无选择	[bie2 wu2 xuan3 ze2]	/to have no other choice/	6503	1
不加選擇	不加选择	[bu4 jia1 xuan3 ze2]	/indiscriminate/	6632	1
不擇手段	不择手段	[bu4 ze2 shou3 duan4]	/by fair means or foul/by hook or by crook/unscrupulously/	7182	1
採擇	采择	[cai3 ze2]	/to choose and use/to adopt (a decision)/	6405	1
飢不擇食	饥不择食	[ji1 bu4 ze2 shi2]	/when hungry, you can't pick what you eat (idiom); beggars can't be choosers/When matters are urgent, don't spend time choosing alternatives./	5720	1
揀飲擇食	拣饮择食	[jian3 yin3 ze2 shi2]	/to choose one's food carefully/to be picky/	4732	1
揀擇	拣择	[jian3 ze2]	/(literary) to select/to choose/	2302	1
抉擇	抉择	[jue2 ze2]	/to choose (literary)/	6140	1
口不擇言	口不择言	[kou3 bu4 ze2 yan2]	/to speak incoherently/to ramble/to talk irresponsibly/	4602	1
口無擇言	口无择言	[kou3 wu2 ze2 yan2]	/to say not a word that is not appropriate (idiom)/wrongly used for 口不擇言\|口不择言[kou3 bu4 ze2 yan2]/	4226	1
良禽擇木	良禽择木	[liang2 qin2 ze2 mu4]	/a fine bird chooses a tree to nest in (proverb)/fig. a talented person chooses a patron of integrity/	6070	1
良禽擇木而棲	良禽择木而栖	[liang2 qin2 ze2 mu4 er2 qi1]	/a fine bird chooses a tree to nest in (proverb)/fig. a talented person chooses a patron of integrity/	6070	1
特異選擇	特异选择	[te4 yi4 xuan3 ze2]	/special choice/special reserve/	6954	1
天擇	天择	[tian1 ze2]	/natural selection/	5795	1
物競天擇	物竞天择	[wu4 jing4 tian1 ze2]	/natural selection/	5816	1
選擇題	选择题	[xuan3 ze2 ti2]	/multiple-choice question/	5755	1
選擇性	选择性	[xuan3 ze2 xing4]	/selective/selectiveness/selectivity/	5159	1
選擇	选择	[[xuan3ze2]]	/to select; to pick/choice; option; alternative/	912	2
擇	择	[ze2]	/to select/to choose/to pick over/to pick out/to differentiate/to eliminate/also pr. [zhai2]/	5643	1
擇定	择定	[ze2 ding4]	/to select/	4020	1
擇偶	择偶	[ze2 ou3]	/to choose a spouse/	5844	1
擇日	择日	[ze2 ri4]	/to fix a date (for an event)/to select an auspicious date/	6200	1
擇日不如撞日	择日不如撞日	[ze2 ri4 bu4 ru2 zhuang4 ri4]	/lit. carefully setting an auspicious date does not beat seizing an opportunity (idiom)/fig. seize the occasion/	2085	1
擇善而從	择善而从	[ze2 shan4 er2 cong2]	/to choose the right course and follow it (idiom)/	6414	1
擇善固執	择善固执	[ze2 shan4 gu4 zhi2]	/to choose what is good and hold fast to it (idiom)/	6269	1
擇食	择食	[ze2 shi2]	/to be picky (food)/	4743	1
擇機	择机	[[ze2ji1]]	/at the right time; when appropriate/	103	2
擇不開	择不开	[zhai2 bu5 kai1]	/impossible to separate/impossible to disentangle/cannot take time out/	6238	1
擇菜	择菜	[zhai2 cai4]	/to pick the edible part of vegetables/	6238	1
擇刺	择刺	[zhai2 ci4]	/to pick out the bones in a fish/	6238	1
擇日子	择日子	[zhai2 ri4 zi5]	/to pick an auspicious day/	6238	1
張擇端	张择端	[Zhang1 Ze2 duan1]	/Zhang Zeduan (1085-1145), Song dynasty painter/	7064	1
自然選擇	自然选择	[zi4 ran2 xuan3 ze2]	/natural selection/	7114	1
自由選擇權	自由选择权	[zi4 you2 xuan3 ze2 quan2]	/free agency/	7182	1

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