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- to push
- to cut
- to refuse
- to reject
- to decline
- to shirk (responsibility)
- to put off
- to delay
- to push forward
- to nominate
- to elect
- massage
- to recommend a student for admission to a higher-level school
- to put a student on the recommendation track (one of several ways of gaining admission to a higher-level school in Taiwan)
- abbr. for 推薦甄選|推荐甄选
- (of time) to elapse; to pass
- (of a situation) to develop; to evolve
- to shift; to slide; to move smoothly and continuously along a surface
Trad. 推舉
- to nominate as a worthy candidate; to recommend
- to elect; to choose
- (weightlifting) to (clean and) press
- to implement; to carry out; to introduce (a policy, system, reform etc)
- to promote; to advance (the practice of an art form, the use of a language etc)
- to push along (a bicycle etc while walking)
Trad. 內推
- (math.) interpolation
- (human resources) internal referral; employee referral (recommendation of a potential new employee by an existing employee or client)
- war-gaming; simulation of a military operation (abbr. for 兵棋推演[bing1 qi2 tui1 yan3])
- to regard as the foremost
- to name as a prime example
- to implement for the first time
- (aerospace) to boost; to provide propulsion assistance
- (behavioral economics) to nudge; to give a gentle push toward a desired behavior
- driving force; impetus; thrust (of a boat or airplane engine); repelling force
Trad. 推動
- to push (e.g. for acceptance of a plan); to promote; to give impetus to
Trad. 推廣
- to extend
- to spread
- to popularize
- generalization
- promotion (of a product etc)
- promoter
- advocate
- driving force
- pushing hands (two-person training routine esp. in t'ai chi)
- tweet (on Twitter)
- (HK, Tw) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile
- to reply to original poster (or recommend a post) on PTT bulletin board
- Jie Zhitui (7th century BC), legendary selfless subject of Duke Wen of Jin 晉文公|晋文公[Jin4 Wen2 gong1], in whose honor the Qingming festival 清明[Qing1 ming2] (Pure brightness or tomb-sweeping festival) is said to have been initiated
Trad. 推理小說
- murder mystery (novel); whodunit
Trad. 推而廣之
- to apply sth more broadly
- by logical extension
- and, by extension,
Trad. 順水推舟
- lit. to push the boat with the current
- fig. to take advantage of the situation for one's own benefit
Trad. 順水推船
- lit. to push the boat with the current
- fig. to take advantage of the situation for one's own benefit
Trad. 推賢讓能
- to cede to the virtuous and yield to the talented (idiom)
Trad. 互相推諉
- mutually shirking responsibilities (idiom); each blaming the other
- passing the buck to and fro
- each trying to unload responsibilities onto the other
Trad. 推陳佈新
- to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate
- to go beyond old ideas
- advancing all the time
Trad. 推陳出新
- to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate
Trad. 推陳致新
- see 推陳出新|推陈出新[tui1 chen2 chu1 xin1]
- half willing and half unwilling (idiom); to yield after making a show of resistance
- war-gaming; simulation of a military operation
Trad. 沙盤推演
- to plan a military mission on a sand table (idiom)
- to rehearse a planned action or activity
- to conduct a dry run
Trad. 推來推去
- (idiom) to rudely push and pull others
- (idiom) to evade responsibility and push it to others
- to give one's bare heart into sb else's keeping (idiom); sb has one's absolute confidence
- to trust completely
- to confide in sb with entire sincerity
Trad. 推杯換盞
- (idiom) to drink together in a convivial atmosphere
Trad. 推波助瀾
- to push the wave and add to the billows (idiom); to add momentum
- to encourage sth to get bigger
- to add fuel to the fire
- 1 divided by 16 is 0.0625 (abacus rule)
- (fig.) to deny responsibility; to pass the buck
Trad. 牆倒眾人推
- lit. when a wall is about to collapse, everybody gives it a shove (idiom)
- fig. everybody hits a man who is down
Trad. 經不起推究
- does not bear examination
Trad. 火箭推進榴彈
- rocket-propelled grenade (RPG)
Trad. 新產品推介會
- product launch event
Trad. 完全歸納推理
- inference by complete induction
Trad. 不完全歸納推理
- inference by incomplete induction
Trad. 有錢能使鬼推磨
- lit. with money, you can get a devil to turn a millstone (idiom)
- fig. with money, you can get anything done; money talks
Trad. 長江後浪推前浪
- lit. the rear waves of the Yangtze River drive on those before (idiom)
- fig. the new is constantly replacing the old
- each new generation excels the previous
- (of things) to be constantly evolving
Trad. 噴氣推進實驗室
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, R&D center in Pasadena, California