wire drawing; candied floss (cooking); spun sugar or toffee (coating)
to pick out; to select and recruit; to pluck; to pull
to rise steeply from level ground
top-notch (colloquial); to push oneself to the front
to unplug; to pluck; to unpin; to pull off; to pull out
select the best people for promotion
draw out pus by applying a plaster to the affected area
to pull out hair; to pluck; epilation
tug-of-war; to take part in a tug-of-war
elevation (above sea level)
to pull up seedlings (for transplanting)
cupping glass; fire cupping (acupressure technique of Chinese medicine, with fired vacuum cup applied to the skin); ventouse (vacuum method used in obstetrics)
to stand out from one's fellows; high level examination for official candidacy (traditional)
to raise (one's voice); to overrate; to build up; to stand out; outstanding
suction cup (used in Chinese medicine to draw the blood and qi 氣|气); detachable suction chimney to make a stove draw
cupping technique used in TCM
fire cupping (acupressure technique of Chinese medicine, with fired vacuum cup applied to the skin); ventouse (vacuum method used in obstetrics)
elongation stage; jointing stage (agriculture)
(lit.) pull up a plant and the roots follow; (fig.) also involving others; inextricably tangled together; Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
(dialect) very cold; chilled
to set out (of troops); departure; start date (of military expedition)
upright; tall and straight
to promote to a higher job; to select for promotion
height above sea level; elevation
to free oneself; to extricate oneself from a difficult situation
outstanding; to fast-track; to elevate; to free oneself from
selection; to select; to select the best; to choose
handsome (of people); graceful (of calligraphy)
elephant trunk clam; geoduck (Panopea abrupta), large clam with a long proboscis (mainly from Washington State and British Columbia)
to pull up by the roots; to uproot
plunger for unblocking toilet
(lit.) to grab feathers from a flying goose; (fig.) to seize any opportunity; pragmatic
(lit.) choose a general from among the dwarfs; (fig.) choose the best person available (out of a mediocre bunch)
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