ReadWriteQuiz
Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.lift; raise; hold up
他拖着腿，几乎举不起他的胳膊。
He drags his leg, and he can hardly lift his arm.
举杠铃是她锻炼的一部分。
She lifts weights as part of her training.
她举着拳头，大步迈向他们。
She strode towards them, her fist upraised.
- 2
v.start
举义
rise in revolt
举兵
call out the troops
举行
hold
- 3
v.cite; enumerate
我可以举出好几件事证明。
I can cite quite a few instances to illustrate.
举事实证明自己的观点
back up one's point with facts
举例
give an example
- 4
v.elect; choose
选举
election
推举
elect
我们举她当主席。
We elected her as chairman.
- 5
n.act; deed; move
善举
good deed
壮举
a heroic undertaking
国家安危，在此一举。
The entire safety of our country depends upon this one move.
- 6
adj.fmlall; whole; entire
举家
the entire family
举国
the whole nation
举座
all those present
- 7
abbrabbreviation for 举人; abbreviation for 举人
中举
pass the imperial examination at the provincial level
武举
military officer of second degree in imperial examinations
- 8
v.fmlgive birth to
举一女
give birth to a girl
Words and phrases with 举
- 举重台[word]platform
- 举证责任[word]burden of proof
- 举世震惊[word]be world-shaking
- 举国欢腾[word]the whole nation is jubilant
- 举借[word]borrow money
- 举架[word]height of a house
- 举家[word]whole family
- 举座[word]all those present
- 举重[word]weight lifting; lift the barbell with both hands
- 举足轻重[idiom]influential
- 举手之劳[idiom]lift a finger
- 举步维艰[idiom]have difficulty taking a step forward
- 举世闻名[idiom]of world renown
- 举棋不定[idiom]shillyshally
- 举一反三[idiom]draw inferences about other cases from one instance
- 举国上下[idiom]the whole nation
- 举手投足[idiom]gestures
- 举世无双[idiom]unrivalled