| Change log entry 16890 | |
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| Processed by: | ycandau (2009-09-26 18:50:51 UTC) |
| Comment: |
thx Philipp, you are right. << review queue entry 15930 - submitted by 'ycandau' >> a) to pick over" doesn't mean anything to me b) dicts say that zhai2 is just another pronunciation for ze2. However I beg to differ, zhai2 seems to imply elimination, of which I give a few instances. |
| Diff: |
= 擇 择 [ze2] /to select/to choose/to pick/to differentiate/ - 擇 择 [zhai2] /pick over/ + 擇 择 [zhai2] /to choose/to pick over/to pick out/to take out/to eliminate/ + 擇日子 择日子 [zhai2 ri4 zi5] /to pick an auspicious day/ + 擇刺 择刺 [zhai2 ci4] /to pick out the bones in a fish/ + 擇菜 择菜 [zhai2 cai4] /to pick the edible part of vegetables/ + 擇不開 择不开 [zhai2 bu5 kai1] /impossible to separate/impossible to disentangle/cannot take time out/ |