挑tiāoⅠ ❶ （用肩膀支起扁担来搬运） tote with a carrying pole; shoulder: ～ 一担柴 carry two bundles of firewood on a shoulder pole; 勇 ～ 重担 be brave in shouldering heavy loads
❷ （挑选） choose; pick; select: ～ 精拣肥地吃 pick at one's dinner; ～ 个好天去郊游 choose a fine day to go for an outing; 你能帮我 ～ 一条新领带吗？ Will you help to choose a new tie for me? 他总是 ～ 最脏最累的活干。 He always picked the hardest and dirtiest jobs.
❸ （挑剔） nitpick: 横 ～ 鼻子竖 ～ 眼 find fault with sb.; pick on sb. Ⅱ （挑子） carrying pole with its load Ⅲ （用于成挑儿的东西）: 一 ～ 儿菜 two baskets of vegetables carried on a shoulder pole
另见 see also tiǎo。
◆挑不动 too heavy to carry; cannot carry it; 挑刺儿 [方] find fault; be captious; pick holes; 挑错 find faults; pick flaws; 挑担 carry a load; 挑肥拣瘦 pick the fat and choose the thin — choose whichever is to one's advantage; In picking over a basket of sth., he keeps the good ones for himself and throw out the bad ones.; 挑夫 [旧] porter; bearer; 挑拣 pick; pick and choose; 挑脚 carry luggage or goods for others; 挑精拣肥 pick and choose; be choosy; be critical in one's choice; 挑毛病 find fault; pick holes; 挑毛拣刺 nitpick; 挑三拣四 pick and choose; be very particular [fastidious] in [about] (one's food, etc.); 挑剔 nitpick; be hypercritical; be fastidious; cavil; upbraid; pick fault; make an abrupt, upward stroke; 挑剔责难 find fault (with sb.); 挑挑拣拣 pick and choose; be choosy; 挑土 hot; 挑五嫌六 pick and choose; 挑选 pick; choose; select; pitch; draft; winnow; pick out; single out; 挑雪填井 carry snow to fill a well; waste one's energy; work but in vain; 挑眼 [方] be fastidious (about formalities, etc.); pick fault; 挑中 pick upon; 挑重担 shoulder heavy loads; take on a heavy job; 挑字眼儿 find fault with the choice of words; pick bones with person; 挑子 carrying pole with its load; load carried on a shoulder pole
挑tiǎoⅠ ❶ （从一头支起） lift up; raise: ～ 起门帘 lift up door curtain; ～ 灯夜战 fight by torchlight; continue working by lamplight
❷ （用细长物拨） poke; prick: 用针 ～ 破脚底上的水泡 prick blisters on one's sole with a needle; ～ 疔 lance [prick] a boil; ～ 火 poke a fire; 把问题 ～ 开来说吧。 Let's put all the cards on the table.
❸ (挑拨； 挑动) instigate; incite; stir up: ～ 起战争 incite war
❹ （刺绣用针挑线） cross stitch Ⅱ （汉字的笔画） rising stroke (in Chinese characters)
另见 see also tiāo。
◆挑刺法 {中医} needle-pricking therapy; 挑绷子游戏 cat's cradle; 挑拨 foment; instigate; incite; sow discord; 挑拨离间 alienate one person from another; cast a bone between ...; drive a wedge between ...; foment disunity and dissension; incite [pit] one against the other; make mischief between ...; play off one person against another; play them off one against the other; set one person by the ears; sow discord (among ...); sow dissension among ...; sow dissension by means of ...; 挑拨是非 cause alienation between (friends) by spreading rumors; foment trouble; foment discord; 挑出（物） jetting- out; 挑大梁 be the mainstay; play a privotal role; play the leading role; shoulder the main responsibility; 挑灯 stir the wick; hang lantern; 挑灯拨火 instigate; 挑灯苦读 raise the wick and study hard; 挑灯夜读 trim one's lamp to read; continue reading by lamplight; 挑顶 caunch(e); brushing; barringdown; back-brushing; outlooker; 挑动 provoke; stir up; tar on; incitation; incite; 挑逗 makeout; provoke; tease; tantalize; 挑逗寻衅 pick a quarrel with someone；
挑筋剐骨 draw the sinews and cut the bones to pieces — an ancient form of punishment; 挑弄是非 arouse ill-will between two parties; stir up one side against the other; 挑破 needle; 挑起 provoke; stir up; instigate; 挑三窝四 pick and choose; hard (difficult) to please; fastidious; choice; choosey; 挑唆 incite; abet; bet; instigate; 挑头 corbel out; 挑衅 provoke; defiance; 挑战 throw down the gauntlet; challenge; challenge to battle; challenge to a contest; challenge; 挑战者号航天飞机 the Challenger space shuttle; “挑战者Ⅰ”坦克 [英] Challenger Ⅰ; 挑针板 decker; 挑针器 narrowing picker; 挑治疗法 {中医} pricking therapy |