千挑万选
qiān tiāo wàn xuǎn
Pinyin

Definition

千挑万选
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qiān tiāo wàn xuǎn
  1. to select very carefully

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

千
qiān
  1. 1 thousand
千万
qiān wàn
  1. 1 ten million
  2. 2 countless
  3. 3 many
  4. 4 one must by all means
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
千千万万
qiān qiān wàn wàn
  1. 1 lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers
  2. 2 innumerable
  3. 3 thousands upon thousands
千古
qiān gǔ
  1. 1 for all eternity
  2. 2 throughout all ages
千年
qiān nián
  1. 1 millennium
千言万语
qiān yán wàn yǔ
  1. 1 thousands of words (idiom); having a lot of things to say
  2. 2 talking nonstop
千军万马
qiān jūn wàn mǎ
  1. 1 magnificent army with thousands of men and horses (idiom); impressive display of manpower
  2. 2 all the King's horses and all the King's men
千辛万苦
qiān xīn wàn kǔ
  1. 1 to suffer untold hardships (idiom); trials and tribulations
  2. 2 with difficulty
  3. 3 after some effort
千金
qiān jīn
  1. 1 thousand jin 斤 (pounds) of gold
  2. 2 money and riches
  3. 3 (honorific) invaluable (support)
  4. 4 (honorific) daughter
单挑
dān tiāo
  1. 1 to pick
  2. 2 to choose
  3. 3 to fight a duel
几千
jǐ qiān
  1. 1 several thousand
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

Idioms (20)

一失足成千古恨
yī shī zú chéng qiān gǔ hèn
  1. 1 a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)
一字千金
yī zì qiān jīn
  1. 1 one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom)
  2. 2 (in praise of a piece of writing or calligraphy) each character is perfect
  3. 3 each word is highly valued
一掷千金
yī zhì qiān jīn
  1. 1 lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom); to throw away money recklessly
  2. 2 extravagant
一日千里
yī rì qiān lǐ
  1. 1 lit. one day, a thousand miles (idiom); rapid progress
一落千丈
yī luò qiān zhàng
  1. 1 lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline
  3. 3 to take a dive
一言千金
yī yán qiān jīn
  1. 1 one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom); valuable advice
  2. 2 words of enormous weight
一诺千金
yī nuò qiān jīn
  1. 1 a promise worth one thousand in gold (idiom); a promise that must be kept
千依百顺
qiān yī bǎi shùn
  1. 1 totally submissive (idiom)
千千万万
qiān qiān wàn wàn
  1. 1 lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers
  2. 2 innumerable
  3. 3 thousands upon thousands
千古罪人
qiān gǔ zuì rén
  1. 1 sb condemned by history (idiom)
千古遗恨
qiān gǔ yí hèn
  1. 1 to have eternal regrets (idiom)
千奇百怪
qiān qí bǎi guài
  1. 1 fantastic oddities of every description (idiom)
千姿百态
qiān zī bǎi tài
  1. 1 in different poses and with different expressions
  2. 2 in thousands of postures (idiom)
千家万户
qiān jiā wàn hù
  1. 1 every family (idiom)
千虑一失
qiān lu:4 yī shī
  1. 1 reflect a thousand times and you can still make a mistake (idiom); to err is human
千虑一得
qiān lu:4 yī dé
  1. 1 a thousand tries leads to one success (idiom, humble expr.); Even without any notable ability on my part, I may still get it right sometimes by good luck.
千方百计
qiān fāng bǎi jì
  1. 1 lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means
千真万确
qiān zhēn wàn què
  1. 1 absolutely true (idiom)
  2. 2 manifold
  3. 3 true from many points of view
千篇一律
qiān piān yī lu:4
  1. 1 thousand articles, same rule (idiom); stereotyped and repetitive
  2. 2 once you've seen one, you've seen them all
千言万语
qiān yán wàn yǔ
  1. 1 thousands of words (idiom); having a lot of things to say
  2. 2 talking nonstop

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