择（擇）zé （挑选） select; choose; pick: 选 ～ pick and choose; select; 不 ～ 手段 by hook or by crook; unscrupulously; 二者任 ～ 其一 choose either of the two; 饥不 ～ 食。 A hungry person is not choosy about his food.
另见 see also zhái。
◆择多 {数} majority; 择伐 {林} selective cutting [felling]; 择吉 [旧] pick an auspicious day (for a marriage, funeral, etc.); 择交 choose friends; 择一 alternative; 择优录取 enroll only those who are outstanding; Anyone who made a good enough score can be accepted.; select the students according to the marks they get; 择优选择 select the best; 择友 choose friends
择（擇）zhái （挑选） select; pick; choose
另见 see also zé。
◆择不开 be unable to undo; past disentanglement; cannot get away from; 择菜 trim vegetables for cooking; 择席 be unable to sleep well in a new place |