挑拔
tiǎo bá
Pinyin

Definition

挑拔
 - 
tiǎo bá
  1. to provoke

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

挑
tiāo
  1. 1 to carry on a shoulder pole
  2. 2 to choose
  3. 3 to pick
  4. 4 to nitpick
挑战
tiǎo zhàn
  1. 1 to challenge
  2. 2 challenge
单挑
dān tiāo
  1. 1 to pick
  2. 2 to choose
  3. 3 to fight a duel
拔掉
bá diào
  1. 1 to pluck
  2. 2 to pull off
  3. 3 to pull out
  4. 4 to unplug
拔牙
bá yá
  1. 1 to extract a tooth
挑剔
tiāo ti
  1. 1 picky
  2. 2 fussy
挑拨
tiǎo bō
  1. 1 to incite disharmony
  2. 2 to instigate
挑花眼
tiǎo huā yǎn
  1. 1 (fig.) to get cross-eyed
  2. 2 to be bewildered
挑起
tiǎo qǐ
  1. 1 to provoke
  2. 2 to stir up
  3. 3 to incite
挑逗
tiǎo dòu
  1. 1 to provoke
  2. 2 to entice
  3. 3 to lure
  4. 4 to tantalize
  5. 5 to tease
  6. 6 to titillate
挑选
tiāo xuǎn
  1. 1 to choose
  2. 2 to select
挑衅
tiǎo xìn
  1. 1 to provoke
  2. 2 provocation
挑食
tiāo shí
  1. 1 to be picky about food
提拔
tí bá
  1. 1 to promote to a higher job
  2. 2 to select for promotion
海拔
hǎi bá
  1. 1 height above sea level
  2. 2 elevation
百里挑一
bǎi lǐ tiāo yī
  1. 1 one in a hundred
  2. 2 cream of the crop
自拔
zì bá
  1. 1 to free oneself
  2. 2 to extricate oneself from a difficult situation
一毛不拔
yī máo bù bá
  1. 1 stingy (idiom)
出类拔萃
chū lèi bá cuì
  1. 1 to excel the common (idiom); surpassing
  2. 2 preeminent
  3. 3 outstanding
剑拔弩张
jiàn bá nǔ zhāng
  1. 1 lit. with swords drawn and bows bent (idiom); fig. a state of mutual hostility
  2. 2 at daggers drawn

Idioms (16)

一毛不拔
yī máo bù bá
  1. 1 stingy (idiom)
出类拔萃
chū lèi bá cuì
  1. 1 to excel the common (idiom); surpassing
  2. 2 preeminent
  3. 3 outstanding
剑拔弩张
jiàn bá nǔ zhāng
  1. 1 lit. with swords drawn and bows bent (idiom); fig. a state of mutual hostility
  2. 2 at daggers drawn
吹灯拔蜡
chuī dēng bá là
  1. 1 lit. to blow out the lamp and put out the candle (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to die
  3. 3 to bite the dust
  4. 4 to be over and done with
坚韧不拔
jiān rèn bù bá
  1. 1 firm and indomitable (idiom); tenacious and unyielding
拔毛连茹
bá máo lián rú
  1. 1 lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom); fig. also involving others
  2. 2 inextricably tangled together
  3. 3 Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
拔苗助长
bá miáo zhù zhǎng
  1. 1 to spoil things through excessive enthusiasm (idiom)
拔茅连茹
bá máo lián rú
  1. 1 lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom); fig. also involving others
  2. 2 inextricably tangled together
  3. 3 Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
挑拨是非
tiǎo bō shì fēi
  1. 1 to incite a quarrel (idiom); to sow discord between people
  2. 2 to tell tales
  3. 3 to make mischief
挑拨离间
tiǎo bō lí jiàn
  1. 1 to sow dissension (idiom); to drive a wedge between
挑灯夜战
tiǎo dēng yè zhàn
  1. 1 to raise a lantern and fight at night (idiom); fig. to work into the night
  2. 2 to burn the midnight oil
柿子挑软的捏
shì zi tiāo ruǎn de niē
  1. 1 lit. it's the soft persimmons that people choose to squeeze (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. it's the weak (i.e. 軟柿子|软柿子[ruǎn shì zi]) who get picked on
  3. 3 bullies pick soft targets
横挑鼻子竖挑眼
héng tiāo bí zi shù tiāo yǎn
  1. 1 to pick on sth incessantly (idiom)
  2. 2 to criticize right and left
目挑心招
mù tiǎo xīn zhāo
  1. 1 the eye incites, the heart invites (idiom); flirtatious
  2. 2 making eyes at sb
路见不平，拔刀相助
lù jiàn bù píng , bá dāo xiāng zhù
  1. 1 lit. to intervene when one sees an injustice (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to rush to the rescue
  3. 3 to play the white knight
鸡蛋里挑骨头
jī dàn li tiāo gǔ tou
  1. 1 to look for bones in an egg
  2. 2 to find fault
  3. 3 to nitpick (idiom)

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