1 to draw out

2 to pull out from in between

3 to remove part of the whole

4 (of certain plants) to sprout or bud

5 to whip or thrash

1 to draw a prize

2 a lottery

3 a raffle

1 false appearance

2 facade

1 impression

1 elephant

2 classifier: 只 zhī

1 a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant (idiom)

1 to touch an elephant with closed eyes (idiom); to proceed blindly

1 lit. to spin silk from cocoons

2 fig. to make a painstaking investigation (idiom)

1 no ivory comes from the mouth of a dog (idiom)

2 no good words are to be expected from a scoundrel

1 sickness comes like a landslide, but goes slowly like spinning silk (idiom); expect to convalesce slowly