择不开 擇不開

择 擇

• 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
• 天择 天擇 tiān zé ㄊㄧㄢ ㄗㄜˊ tin1 zaak6 natural selection
• 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

不

• 不下 bù xià ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ bat1 haa6 to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc)
• 不久 bù jiǔ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄡˇ bat1 gau2 not long (after)
• 不但 bù dàn ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄢˋ bat1 daan6 not only (... but also ...)
• 不便 bù biàn ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ bat1 bin6 inconvenient
• 不值 bù zhí ㄅㄨˋ ㄓˊ bat1 zik6 not worth

开 開

• 公开 公開 gōng kāi ㄍㄨㄥ ㄎㄞ gung1 hoi1 open; overt; public
• 分开 分開 fēn kāi ㄈㄣ ㄎㄞ fan1 hoi1 to separate
• 召开 召開 zhào kāi ㄓㄠˋ ㄎㄞ ziu6 hoi1 to convene (a conference or meeting)
• 展开 展開 zhǎn kāi ㄓㄢˇ ㄎㄞ zin2 hoi1 to unfold; to spread out; to open up
• 张开 張開 zhāng kāi ㄓㄤ ㄎㄞ zoeng1 hoi1 to open up

• 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)

• 爱不忍释 愛不忍釋 ài bù rěn shì ㄞˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄣˇ ㄕˋ oi3 bat1 jan2 sik1 to love sth too much to part with it (idiom)
• 爱不释手 愛不釋手 ài bù shì shǒu ㄞˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ ㄕㄡˇ oi3 bat1 sik1 sau2 (idiom) to like sth so much that one is reluctant to put it down; to find sth utterly irresistible
• 哀而不伤 哀而不傷 āi ér bù shāng ㄞ ㄦˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄤ oi1 ji4 bat1 soeng1 deeply felt but not mawkish (idiom)

• 遍地开花 遍地開花 biàn dì kāi huā ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄧˋ ㄎㄞ ㄏㄨㄚ pin3 dei6 hoi1 faa1 (idiom) to blossom everywhere; to spring up all over the place; to flourish on a large scale
• 别开生面 別開生面 bié kāi shēng miàn ㄅㄧㄝˊ ㄎㄞ ㄕㄥ ㄇㄧㄢˋ bit6 hoi1 sang1 min6 to start sth new or original (idiom); to break a new path
• 春暖花开 春暖花開 chūn nuǎn huā kāi ㄔㄨㄣ ㄋㄨㄢˇ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄎㄞ ceon1 nyun5 faa1 hoi1 lit. springtime when the weather is warm and flowers are in bloom (idiom)