天择
天择天擇 tiān zé ㄊㄧㄢ ㄗㄜˊ tin1 zaak6
- natural selection
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More words with these characters
天
择
- 抉择抉擇 jué zé ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄗㄜˊ kyut3 zaak6 to choose (literary)
- 选择選擇 xuǎn zé ㄒㄩㄢˇ ㄗㄜˊ syun2 zaak6 to select; to pick
- 采择採擇 cǎi zé ㄘㄞˇ ㄗㄜˊ coi2 zaak6 to choose and use
- 拣择揀擇 jiǎn zé ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄗㄜˊ gaan2 zaak6 (literary) to select
- 择偶擇偶 zé ǒu ㄗㄜˊ ㄡˇ zaak6 ngau5 to choose a spouse
- 择刺擇刺 zhái cì ㄓㄞˊ ㄘˋ zaak6 ci3 to pick out the bones in a fish
Idioms with these characters
- 昂首天外 áng shǒu tiān wài ㄤˊ ㄕㄡˇ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄨㄞˋ ngong4 sau2 tin1 ngoi6 (idiom) to raise one's head and look towards the heavens
- 暗无天日暗無天日 àn wú tiān rì ㄢˋ ㄨˊ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄖˋ am3 mou4 tin1 jat6 all black, no daylight (idiom); a world without justice
- 包打天下 bāo dǎ tiān xià ㄅㄠ ㄉㄚˇ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˋ baau1 daa2 tin1 haa6 to run everything (idiom); to monopolize the whole business
- 抱恨终天抱恨終天 bào hèn zhōng tiān ㄅㄠˋ ㄏㄣˋ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄊㄧㄢ pou5 han6 zung1 tin1 (idiom) to harbor regrets for a lifetime
- 碧海青天 bì hǎi qīng tiān ㄅㄧˋ ㄏㄞˇ ㄑㄧㄥ ㄊㄧㄢ bik1 hoi2 cing1 tin1 green sea, blue sky (idiom); sea and sky merge in one shade
- 饥不择食飢不擇食 jī bù zé shí ㄐㄧ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄜˊ ㄕˊ gei1 bat1 zaak6 sik6 when hungry, you can't pick what you eat (idiom); beggars can't be choosers
- 口无择言口無擇言 kǒu wú zé yán ㄎㄡˇ ㄨˊ ㄗㄜˊ ㄧㄢˊ hau2 mou4 zaak6 jin4 to say not a word that is not appropriate (idiom)
- 择善而从擇善而從 zé shàn ér cóng ㄗㄜˊ ㄕㄢˋ ㄦˊ ㄘㄨㄥˊ zaak6 sin6 ji4 cung4 to choose the right course and follow it (idiom)
- 择善固执擇善固執 zé shàn gù zhí ㄗㄜˊ ㄕㄢˋ ㄍㄨˋ ㄓˊ zaak6 sin6 gu3 zap1 to choose what is good and hold fast to it (idiom)