矮子里拔将军 | ǎi zi li bá jiāng jūn | lit. choose a general from among the dwarfs; fig. choose the best person available (out of a mediocre bunch) |
自拔 | zì bá | free oneself; extricate oneself from a difficult situation |
象拔蚌 | xiàng bá bàng | elephant trunk clam; geoduck (Panopea abrupta), large clam with a long proboscis (mainly from Washington State and British Columbia) |
开拔 | kāi bá | to set out (of troops); departure; start date (of military expedition) |
阿拔斯王朝 | Ā bá sī wáng cháo | Abbasid Empire (750-1258), successor of the Umayyad caliphate |
雁过拔毛 | yàn guò bá máo | lit. to grab feathers from a flying goose; fig. to seize any opportunity; pragmatic |
隽拔 | juàn bá | handsome (of people); graceful (of calligraphy) |
鞋拔 | xié bá | shoe horn |
马桶拔 | mǎ tǒng bá | plunger for unblocking toilet |