择

to select / to choose / to pick over / to pick out / to differentiate / to eliminate / also pr. [zhai2]

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 2)

vertical stroke (in Chinese characters), referred to as 豎筆|竖笔[shu4 bi3]

two / 2 / (Beijing dialect) stupid

(once) again / also / both... and... / and yet / (used for emphasis) anyway

"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc

to have no other choice

to choose (literary)

by fair means or foul / by hook or by crook / unscrupulously

to choose a spouse

natural selection

Zhang Zeduan (1085-1145), Song dynasty painter

(literary) to select / to choose

to choose one's food carefully / to be picky

impossible to separate / impossible to disentangle / cannot take time out

to pick out the bones in a fish

to choose what is good and hold fast to it (idiom)

to choose the right course and follow it (idiom)

to select

to fix a date (for an event) / to select an auspicious date

lit. carefully setting an auspicious date does not beat seizing an opportunity (idiom) / fig. seize the occasion

to pick an auspicious day

indiscriminate

to speak incoherently / to ramble / to talk irresponsibly

to say not a word that is not appropriate (idiom) / wrongly used for 口不擇言|口不择言[kou3 bu4 ze2 yan2]

discard eligible (Frame Relay) / DE