拔 bá, to pull up/to pull out/to draw out by suction/to select/to pick/to stand out (ab... 拔掉 bádiào, to pluck/to pull off/to pull out/to unplug 选拔 xuǎnbá, [選拔], to select the best 提拔 tíbá, to promote to a higher job/to select for promotion 出类拔萃 chūlèibácuì, [出類拔萃], to excel the common (idiom); surpassing/preeminent/outstanding 自拔 zìbá, to free oneself/to extricate oneself from a difficult situation 海拔 hǎibá, height above sea level/elevation 剑拔弩张 jiànbánǔzhāng, [劍拔弩張], lit. with swords drawn and bows bent (idiom); fig. a state of mutual hostility/a... 拔河 báhé, tug-of-war/to take part in a tug-of-war 拔牙 báyá, to extract a tooth 挺拔 tǐngbá, tall and straight 坚韧不拔 jiānrènbùbá, [堅韌不拔], firm and indomitable (idiom); tenacious and unyielding 拔腿 bátuǐ, to break into a run 拔除 báchú, to pull out/to remove 拔高 bágāo, to raise (one's voice)/to overrate/to build up/to stand out/outstanding 开拔 kāibá, [開拔], to set out (of troops)/departure/start date (of military expedition) 拔营 báyíng, [拔營], to strike camp 拔尖 bájiān, top-notch (colloquial)/to push oneself to the front 鞋拔子 xiébázi, shoehorn 坚忍不拔 jiānrěnbùbá, [堅忍不拔], fortitude 一毛不拔 yīmáobùbá, stingy (idiom) 俊拔 jùnbá, outstandingly talented 劲拔 jìngbá, [勁拔], tall and straight 吹灯拔蜡 chuīdēngbálà, [吹燈拔蠟], lit. to blow out the lamp and put out the candle (idiom)/fig. to die/to bite the... 孤拔 Gūbá, Amédée Courbet (1826-1885), a French admiral who won a series of important land ... 把拔 bǎbá, daddy 拓拔 Tuòbá, branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 nomadic people, founders of Wei 北魏 of the Northern D... 拔丝 básī, [拔絲], wire drawing/candied floss (cooking)/spun sugar or toffee (coating) 拔凉拔凉 báliángbáliáng, [拔涼拔涼], (dialect) very cold/chilled 拔刀相助 bádāoxiāngzhù, see 路見不平，拔刀相助|路见不平，拔刀相助[lù jiàn bù píng , bá dāo xiāng zhù] 拔取 báqǔ, to pick out/to select and recruit/to pluck/to pull 拔地 bádì, to rise steeply from level ground 拔尖儿 bájiānr, [拔尖兒], erhua variant of 拔尖[bá jiān] 拔擢 bázhuó, select the best people for promotion 拔染 bárǎn, discharge 拔根 bágēn, (lit. and fig.) to uproot 拔毒 bádú, draw out pus by applying a plaster to the affected area 拔毛 bámáo, to pull out hair/to pluck/epilation 拔毛连茹 bámáoliánrú, [拔毛連茹], lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom); fig. also involving others/in... 拔海 báhǎi, elevation (above sea level) 拔火罐 báhuǒguàn, suction cup (used in Chinese medicine to draw the blood and qi 氣|气)/detachable s... 拔火罐儿 báhuǒguànr, [拔火罐兒], erhua variant of 拔火罐[bá huǒ guàn] 拔示巴 Báshìbā, Bathsheba, wife of Uriah the Hittite and later of David (according to the Hebrew... 拔秧 báyāng, to pull up seedlings (for transplanting) 拔罐 báguàn, cupping glass/fire cupping (acupressure technique of Chinese medicine, with fire... 拔罐子 báguànzǐ, cupping technique used in TCM 拔罐法 báguànfǎ, fire cupping (acupressure technique of Chinese medicine, with fired vacuum cup a... 拔群 báqún, outstanding/exceptionally good 拔节 bájié, [拔節], jointing (agriculture) 拔节期 bájiéqī, [拔節期], elongation stage/jointing stage (agriculture) 拔苗助长 bámiáozhùzhǎng, [拔苗助長], to spoil things through excessive enthusiasm (idiom) 拔茅茹 bámáorú, lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow/fig. also involving others/inextricabl... 拔茅连茹 bámáoliánrú, [拔茅連茹], lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom); fig. also involving others/in... 拔萃 bácuì, to stand out from one's fellows/high-level examination for official candidacy (t... 拔钉锤 bádīngchuí, [拔釘錘], claw hammer 拔锚 bámáo, [拔錨], to weigh anchor 拔顶 bádǐng, [拔頂], topping (mining) 挑拔 tiǎobá, to provoke 汉尼拔 Hànníbá, [漢尼拔], Hannibal (name)/Hannibal Barca (247-183 BC), Carthaginian general 热插拔 rèchābá, [熱插拔], hot swapping 甄拔 zhēnbá, to select 矮子里拔将军 ǎizilibájiāngjūn, [矮子裡拔將軍], lit. choose a general from among the dwarfs/fig. choose the best person availabl... 象拔蚌 xiàngbábàng, elephant trunk clam/geoduck (Panopea abrupta), large clam with a long proboscis ... 超拔 chāobá, outstanding/to fast-track/to elevate/to free oneself from 路见不平，拔刀相助 lùjiànbùpíng,bádāoxiāngzhù, [路見不平，拔刀相助], lit. to intervene when one sees an injustice (idiom)/fig. to rush to the rescue/... 连根拔 liángēnbá, [連根拔], to pull up by the roots/to uproot 阿拔斯王朝 ĀbásīWángcháo, Abbasid Empire (750-1258), successor of the Umayyad caliphate 隽拔 juànbá, [雋拔], handsome (of people)/graceful (of calligraphy) 雁过拔毛 yànguòbámáo, [雁過拔毛], lit. to grab feathers from a flying goose/fig. to seize any opportunity/pragmati... 鞋拔 xiébá, shoe horn 马桶拔 mǎtǒngbá, [馬桶拔], plunger for unblocking toilet