[书] ❶ （拔） pull out; extract ❷ （提拔） promote; raise (in rank): 拔 ～ 人才 pick out and promote talents ◆擢发难数 too numerous to count; innumerable like the hair on the head; Things cannot be numbered, as the hairs on the head.; (be) uncountable; 擢升 [书] promote; advance; 擢用 [书] promote to a post