| 拔 | 98B15 10A.82-1 | 部居  | 畫數 8 | ㄅㄚˊ [ba2] . [Dist.祓 63B.82,跋 40B.82] | ||
| V.t. | (1) To pull out, pluck, raise, move: 拔出 pull out; 拔釘，艸，門閂，毛 pull out a nail, weeds, door bolt, hair; 拔牙 to extract teeth; 拔腿 to take to one's heels; 拔不出腿來 cannot get off from pressing duties; 拔來報往 phr., exchange visits, have frequent contacts; 拔虎鬚 pull tiger’s whiskers (twist lion's tail); 拔幟 capture enemy's colors; 拔營 strike camp; 拔樹尋根 trace to very roots; 拔茅連茹 phr., (LL) promote good men who will bring in their associates; 拔本塞源 (AC) phr., abandon source, (MC) clear up source and restore purity. (2) Draw: 拔毒 draw out poison (pr. [ba3du2] in Peking dial.); 拔了短籌 draw a poor lot, i.e., be short-lived; 拔十得五 get fifty percent. (3) Select, promote, place ahead, pay out of order: 拔付，拔還 pay, repay first; 選拔 select candidates, talent; 拔擢，拔尤 select and promote the best; 拔薦 [ba2jian4]↓; 名拔前茅 phr., come out among the first in examinations or with honors; 山乎其類，拔乎其萃 phr., be distinguished from one's kind, be among the select best, see 拔萃 [ba2cui4]↓; 拔親 update wedding on account of scheduled funeral. (4) Rise from: 拔地而出 rise straight from the ground (of rock formations, etc.); hence 海拔 degrees above sea level. (5) Capture (city, fort 拔城，寨). (6) To cool s.t. by water or ice: 拔一拔. | |||||
| Words | 1. 拔白 [ba2bai2], n., (MC) daybreak. 2. 拔步 [ba2bu4], v.i., to march forward, move forward quickly. 3. 拔闖 [ba2chuang4], v.i., step in and defend person being bullied. 4. 拔除 [ba2chu2], v.t., eradicate. 5. 拔群 [ba2qUn2], adj., outstanding. 6. 拔貢 [ba2gong4], n., government fellow, fellowship, selected from districts in Manchu Dyn., see 貢生 31.80. 7. 拔河 [ba2he2], v.i. & n., tug-of-war. 8. 拔火罐兒 [ba2huo3gua4er0], n., small funnel over casserole to help draw charcoal fire. 9. 拔薦 [ba2jian4], v.t., recommend for post or promote ahead of others. 10. 拔脯（兒） [ba2pu2]([er0]), n., man who stands straight (forward looking); 11. 拔脯子 [ba2pu2zi0], v.t., stick chest out as challenging attitude. 12. 拔摋 [ba2sha1], v.i. & t., (MC) separate. 13. 拔身 [ba2shen1], v.i., get away (from pressing duties). 14. 拔舌地獄 [ba2she2di4yU4], n., (Budd.) hell where tongues are split; “you will go to such hell” said of person with vicious tongue. 15. 拔絲（山藥） [ba2si1]([shan1yao1]), n., sugar-coated potato served red hot when sugar can be drawn out in threads; same with lotus-seeds, etc. 16. 拔萃 [ba2cui4], adj., outstanding, among the select best. | |||||