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Trad. 撈取
- to dredge up; to scoop up from the water
- to fish for; to gain (by improper means)
- (chemistry) liquid-liquid extraction (aka solvent extraction); to extract
Trad. 攝取
- to absorb (nutrients etc)
- to assimilate
- intake
- to take a photograph of (a scene)
Trad. 進取
- to show initiative
- to be a go-getter
- to push forward with one's agenda
- to extract
- to remove
- to draw (a sales commission, venom from a snake etc)
Trad. 盜取
- to steal (including identity theft, credit card fraud or theft of computer account)
- to misappropriate
Trad. 擷取
- to pick
- to select
- to take
- to capture (data)
- to acquire
- to pick up (a signal)
- to store and retrieve (money, belongings etc)
- (computing) to access (data)
Trad. 錄取
- to accept an applicant (prospective student, employee etc) who passes an entrance exam
- to admit (a student)
- to hire (a job candidate)
- to pick up a pre-arranged item (e.g. package, document, ticket, reserved book) from a delivery point or collection location
- quick fix
- opportune short cut (around a difficulty)
- cheap trick (to get what one wants)
- to pull a fast one
Trad. 取捨
- to select; to make one's choice; to decide what to accept and what to reject
Trad. 取決
- (usually followed by 於|于[yu2]) to hinge on
- to be decided by
- to depend on
Trad. 採取
- to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action)
- to take
Trad. 取經
- to journey to India on a quest for the Buddhist scriptures
- to learn by studying another's experience
Trad. 取關
- to unfollow (on social media etc) (abbr. for 取消關注|取消关注[qu3 xiao1 guan1 zhu4])
Trad. 竊取
- to steal (usu. private information, intellectual property etc)
- rectangular frame used to view a scene (made out of cardboard etc, or formed by the thumbs and forefingers)
- viewfinder
- viewing frame
- to feel in one's pocket and take sth (idiom); as easy as pie
- in the bag
Trad. 吸取教訓
- to draw a lesson (from a setback)
Trad. 捨生取義
- to give up life for righteousness (idiom, from Mencius)
- to choose honor over life; would rather sacrifice one's life than one's principles
Trad. 投機取巧
- to gain advantage by any means, fair or foul; to be opportunistic; to be full of tricks
Trad. 可取之處
- positive point
- merit
- redeeming quality
Trad. 殺雞取卵
- lit. to kill the chicken to get the eggs (idiom)
- fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
- to reap huge profits (esp. by unscrupulous means)
Trad. 欲取姑與
- (idiom) to make concessions for the sake of future gains
- (idiom) to have only oneself to blame; to bring trouble through one's own actions
Trad. 短中取長
- see 短中抽長|短中抽长[duan3 zhong1 chou1 chang2]
- as easy as reaching for it from a bag (idiom)
- in the bag
- (as good as) in one's possession
- to draw on local resources
- using materials at hand
- lit. to pull chestnuts out of the fire (idiom)
- fig. to be sb's cat's-paw
Trad. 取保候審
- release from custody, subject to provision of a surety, pending investigation (PRC)
Trad. 取其精華
- to take the best
- to absorb the essence
Trad. 自取滅亡
- to court disaster (idiom)
- to dig one's own grave
Trad. 取得勝利
- to prevail
- to achieve victory
- to be victorious
Trad. 採取行動
- to take action
- to adopt policies
- to move on some issue
Trad. 標新取異
- to start on sth new and different (idiom); to display originality
- (idiom) to replace; to supersede; to take its (or her etc) place
Trad. 爭取時效
- to strive to get sth done while the timing is right
Trad. 無理取鬧
- (idiom) to make trouble without reason; to be deliberately provocative
Trad. 取長補短
- lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius)
- to use this in place of that
- what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts
Trad. 嘩眾取寵
- sensationalism
- vulgar claptrap to please the crowds
- playing to the gallery
- demagogy
Trad. 去取之間
- undecided between taking and leaving
Trad. 臀位取胎術
- breech extraction (medicine)
Trad. 自動取款機
- automated teller machine (ATM)
Trad. 錄取通知書
- admission notice (issued by a university)
Trad. 隨機存取存儲器
- random access memory (RAM)
Trad. 隨機存取記憶體
- random access memory (RAM)
Trad. 戰無不勝，攻無不取
- to triumph in every battle and win every fight (idiom); all-conquering
- ever victorious
- nothing they can't do
Trad. 取之不盡，用之不竭
- limitless supply (of)
- inexhaustible
Trad. 取其精華，去其糟粕
- take the cream, discard the dross (political and educational slogan)
- keep what is good, discard the rest
- You need to be selective when studying.
- In modernizing the country, don't accept uncritically all foreign ideas.