挑选 [挑選] - to choose, to select - tiāo xuǎn | Definition | ChinesePod.com

挑选 (挑選)

tiāo xuǎn

Pinyin

Definition

挑选 (挑選)

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tiāo xuǎn

to choose
to select

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

tiǎo zhàn

1 to challenge
2 challenge

tiāo

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

tiāo ti

1 picky
2 fussy

tiāo xuǎn

1 to choose
2 to select

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

你用心挑选纪念品

nǐ yòngxīn tiāoxuǎn jìniànpǐn

You’ve carefully picked out souvenirs

根据您的要求，我们为您挑选了一些房子，下面我为您介绍一下。

gēnjù nín de yāoqiú ，wǒmen wèi nín tiāoxuǎn le yīxiē fángzi ，xiàmian wǒ wèi nín jièshào yīxià 。

In accordance with your request, we've selected some apartments for you. Next, let me introduce them for you.

既然你妈妈这么执著于炒股票，你不如建议她多向专业人士咨询，挑选一两支优质股票，做长线投资，不仅风险较小，还可以带来丰厚的回报。

jìrán nǐ māma zhème zhízhuó yú chǎo gǔpiào ，nǐ bùrú jiànyì tā duō xiàng zhuānyèrénshì zīxún ，tiāoxuǎn yīliǎng zhī yōuzhì gǔpiào ，zuò chángxiàn tóuzī ，bù jǐn fēngxiǎn jiàoxiǎo ，háikěyǐ dàilái fēng hòu de huíbào 。

Since your mom is so persistent about playing the stock market, you'd be smart to suggest that she seek expert advice, and pick one or two good stocks. Make long-term investments-- not only is there less risk, they can also pay back a lot.

那所以这种公司，一般在进中国之前他们往往会做很多很多的市场调查，了解中国的客户会喜欢什么样的产品，在他们的产品当中他们会挑选出适合中国市场的产品，然后进行推广。

nà suǒyǐ zhèzhǒng gōngsī ，yībān zài jìn Zhōngguó zhīqián tāmen wǎngwǎng huì zuò hěn duō hěn duō de shìchǎngdiàochá ，liǎojiě Zhōngguó de kèhù huì xǐhuan shénmeyàng de chǎnpǐn ，zài tāmen de chǎnpǐn dāngzhōng tāmen huì tiāoxuǎn chū shìhé zhōngguó shìchǎng de chǎnpǐn ，ránhòu jìnxíng tuīguǎng 。

So before this kind of company comes to China they'll often do a lot of market research and try to understand what kind of products will be popular with Chinese consumers and which products best suit the Chinese market and then promote those.