剔
verb C2- to scrape the meat from bones
- to pick (teeth etc)
- to weed out
Words with it
- 剔除 tī chú to reject
- 挑剔 tiāo ti picky
- 无可挑剔 wú kě tiāo ti excellent in every respect
- 剔透 tī tòu pure and limpid
- 玲珑剔透 líng lóng tī tòu exquisitely made
- 剔牙 tī yá to pick one's teeth
- 没得挑剔 méi dé tiāo ti excellent in every respect
- 挑毛剔刺 tiāo máo tī cì to find fault
- 挑毛剔刺儿 tiāo máo tī cì r erhua variant of 挑毛剔刺[tiao1 mao2 ti1 ci4]
From the library
有署阁柱曰：「阁东，有大牛，和峤鞅，裴楷秋，王济剔嬲不得休。
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