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- (architecture) high-ceilinged
- to raise (a ceiling) to a height of
- ceiling height
- raised high
- (of a person) slender; tall and thin (Taiwan pr. [gao1tiao1])
- laborers who carry cargo up and down the mountains on shoulder poles
- to choose sth over another to suit one's own convenience
Trad. 挑肥揀瘦
- (idiom) to cherry-pick; to pick the best parts for oneself; to be choosy
Trad. 百裡挑一
- one in a hundred
- cream of the crop
- to choose sth over another to suit one's own convenience
Trad. 無可挑剔
- excellent in every respect
- flawless
Trad. 沒得挑剔
- excellent in every respect
- flawless
- the eye incites, the heart invites (idiom); flirtatious
- making eyes at sb
Trad. 挑撥是非
- to incite a quarrel (idiom); to sow discord between people
- to tell tales
- to make mischief
Trad. 挑撥離間
- to sow dissension (idiom); to drive a wedge between
Trad. 挑燈夜戰
- to raise a lantern and fight at night (idiom); fig. to work into the night
- to burn the midnight oil
Trad. 挑毛剔刺兒
- erhua variant of 挑毛剔刺[tiao1 mao2 ti1 ci4]
Trad. 雞蛋裡挑骨頭
- to look for bones in an egg
- to find fault
- to nitpick (idiom)
Trad. 柿子挑軟的捏
- lit. it's the soft persimmons that people choose to squeeze (idiom)
- fig. it's the weak (i.e. 軟柿子|软柿子[ruan3 shi4 zi5]) who get picked on
- bullies pick soft targets
Trad. 剃頭挑子一頭熱
- lit. only one end of the barber's pole is hot (idiom)
- fig. one-sided enthusiasm
- one party is interested, but the other, not so much
- (Note: In former days, street barbers carried their equipment on a pole, with tools and a stool at one end and a brazier at the other.)
Trad. 橫挑鼻子豎挑眼
- to pick on sth incessantly (idiom)
- to criticize right and left