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to choose / to pick / to select / to elect

to obey / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing wood and wind / ☴ / ancient Chinese compass point: 135° (southeast)

to walk (side part of split character)

to have no other choice

choice of person / candidate

candidate / CL:名[ming2]

to be included among those selected for

to be chosen / to be elected as

to be a candidate in an election or other selection process / to run for office / to turn out to vote

candidate (attributive)

primary election

to choose arbitrarily / to take whichever one fancies

to choose freely; to pick whichever one fancies

to win an election / to get a position by passing the imperial exam

to optimize / preferred

collaborative filtering

indiscriminate

Miss World Beauty Pageant

alternative (plan, arrangement, strategy etc)

to assist in a candidate's election campaign (Tw)

to win an election

to select (one or more options from a list) / to check (a box)

to select very carefully