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挑

tiǎo

Pinyin

Definition

挑

tiǎo

to raise
to dig up
to poke
to prick
to incite
to stir up

挑

tiāo

to carry on a shoulder pole
to choose
to pick
to nitpick

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

挑战

tiǎo zhàn

1 to challenge
2 challenge

挑

tiāo

1 to carry on a shoulder pole
2 to choose
3 to pick
4 to nitpick

挑剔

tiāo ti

1 picky
2 fussy

挑选

tiāo xuǎn

1 to choose
2 to select

百里挑一

bǎi lǐ tiāo yī

1 one in a hundred
2 cream of the crop

Idioms (7)

挑拨是非

tiǎo bō shì fēi

1 to incite a quarrel (idiom); to sow discord between people
2 to tell tales
3 to make mischief

挑拨离间

tiǎo bō lí jiàn

1 to sow dissension (idiom); to drive a wedge between

挑灯夜战

tiǎo dēng yè zhàn

1 to raise a lantern and fight at night (idiom); fig. to work into the night
2 to burn the midnight oil

柿子挑软的捏

shì zi tiāo ruǎn de niē

1 lit. it's the soft persimmons that people choose to squeeze (idiom)
2 fig. it's the weak (i.e. 軟柿子|软柿子[ruǎn shì zi]) who get picked on
3 bullies pick soft targets

横挑鼻子竖挑眼

héng tiāo bí zi shù tiāo yǎn

1 to pick on sth incessantly (idiom)
2 to criticize right and left

Sample Sentences

我有个护士朋友说是家长想要女婿了，所以想认识认识新朋友。但是她可挑剔了，她开出来的征友条件，让人看了都傻眼。

wǒ yǒu ge hùshi péngyou shuō shì jiāzhǎng xiǎngyào nǚxu le ，suǒyǐ xiǎng rènshi rènshi Xīn péngyou 。dànshì tā kě tiāoti le ，tā kāi chūlái de zhēngyǒu tiáojiàn ，ràng rén kàn le dōu shǎyǎn 。

I have a nurse friend who says that her parents want a son-in-law, so she wants to meet new friends. But she’s very picky, and her list of boyfriend criteria is really shocking.

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我什么都吃，我不挑。

wǒ shénme dōu chī ，wǒ bù tiāo 。

I eat anything. I am not picky.

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小华，快來帮我挑挑，哪个保溫杯好啊？

xiǎohuá ，kuài lái bāng wǒ tiāo tiāo ，nǎge bǎowēnbēi hǎo a ？

Xiaohua, come quickly and help me choose, which thermos mug is better?

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你可真是“知识分子”啊！《黄帝内经》也有涉猎。好了，别说那么多有的没的，快帮我挑吧！

nǐ kě zhēnshi “zhīshifènzǐ ”a ！《HuángdìNèijīng 》yě yǒu shèliè 。hǎole ，bié shuō nàme duō yǒudeméide ，kuài bāng wǒ tiāo ba ！

You are certainly intellectual! The earliest medical books in China also mentioned this. Alright enough of this discussion now, quickly help me to pick a mug!

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这话题好像是你挑起的吧？

zhè huàtí hǎoxiàng shì nǐ tiǎoqǐ de ba ？

It seems you were the one who brought this up?

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人不多，办事群众就我一个，前台受理人员有三个，三个人的态度没什么可以挑剔的，

rén bù duō ，bànshì qúnzhòng jiù wǒ yī ge ，qiántái shòulǐ rényuán yǒu sān ge ，sān ge rén de tàidu méishénme kěyǐ tiāoti de ，

There were few people there, and I was the only customer. There were three people behind the front desk. Their attitude was impeccable.

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哼，我们两口子好得很呢，你这个坏蛋，少在这儿挑拨离间！

hèng ，wǒmen liǎngkǒuzi hǎo de hěn ne ，nǐ zhè ge huàidàn ，shǎo zài zhèr tiǎobōlíjiàn ！

Hmmm, we're as thick as thieves, you're the bad egg. You should stop stirring stuff up between us!

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我已经在我的公司待五年了，说实话，不上不下的，该学的也都会了，所以希望找一个更具有挑战性的工作。

wǒ yǐjīng zài wǒ de gōngsī dài wǔ nián le ，shuō shíhuà ，bùshàngbùxià de ，gāi xué de yě dōu huì le ，suǒyǐ xīwàng zhǎo yī gè gèng jùyǒu tiǎozhànxìng de gōngzuò 。

I've already been with my present company for five years, and to be frank, there's nowhere to go, I've learned everything I could, so I hope to find a more challenging job.

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那你觉得我们开的这份工作对你有什么挑战？

nà nǐ juéde wǒmen kāi de zhè fèn gōngzuò duì nǐ yǒu shénme tiǎozhàn ？

So you think that the job we're opening up will be challenging for you?

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业务类的工作我没有接触过，但我知道我一定能做；再来，贵公司求新求变的态度我很喜欢，这份工作绝对能给我新的刺激与挑战。

yèwù lèi de gōngzuò wǒ méiyǒu jiēchù guò ，dàn wǒ zhīdào wǒ yīdìng néng zuò ；zài lái ，guì gōngsī qiú xīn qiú biàn de tàidu wǒ hěn xǐhuan ，zhè fèn gōngzuò juéduì néng gěi wǒ xīn de cìjī yǔ tiǎozhàn 。

I've never been in sales, but I know I could definitely do it; also, I like your company's innovation-hungry attitude, and this job can absolutely give me new stimulation and challenges.

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