hǎi bá
height above sea level
elevation
chū lèi bá cuì
to excel the common (idiom); surpassing
preeminent
outstanding
zì bá
to free oneself
to extricate oneself from a difficult situation
bá jiān
top-notch (colloquial)
to push oneself to the front
bá
to pull up
to pull out
to draw out by suction
to select
to pick
to stand out (above level)
to surpass
to seize
bá hé
tug-of-war
to take part in a tug-of-war
bá guàn
cupping glass
fire cupping (acupressure technique of Chinese medicine, with fired vacuum cup applied to the skin)
ventouse (vacuum method used in obstetrics)
tí bá
to promote to a higher job
to select for promotion
bá dì
to rise steeply from level ground
bá diào
to pluck
to pull off
to pull out
to unplug
jiān rèn bù bá
firm and indomitable (idiom); tenacious and unyielding
kāi bá
to set out (of troops)
departure
start date (of military expedition)
jiàn bá nǔ zhāng
lit. with swords drawn and bows bent (idiom); fig. a state of mutual hostility
at daggers drawn
bá huǒ guàn
suction cup (used in Chinese medicine to draw the blood and qi 氣|气)
detachable suction chimney to make a stove draw
bá sī
wire drawing
candied floss (cooking)
spun sugar or toffee (coating)
bá máo
to pull out hair
to pluck
epilation
bá miáo zhù zhǎng
to spoil things through excessive enthusiasm (idiom)
Hàn ní bá
Hannibal (name)
Hannibal Barca (247-183 BC), Carthaginian general
bá cuì
to stand out from one's fellows
high level examination for official candidacy (traditional)
bá dú
draw out pus by applying a plaster to the affected area
Tuò bá
branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 nomadic people, founders of Wei 北魏 of the Northern Dynasties (386-534)
also written 拓跋
bá zhuó
select the best people for promotion
xiàng bá bàng
elephant trunk clam
geoduck (Panopea abrupta), large clam with a long proboscis (mainly from Washington State and British Columbia)
bá qǔ
to pick out
to select and recruit
to pluck
to pull
yàn guò bá máo
lit. to grab feathers from a flying goose
fig. to seize any opportunity
pragmatic
bá guàn fǎ
fire cupping (acupressure technique of Chinese medicine, with fired vacuum cup applied to the skin)
ventouse (vacuum method used in obstetrics)
Ā bá sī wáng cháo
Abbasid Empire (750-1258), successor of the Umayyad caliphate
bá guàn zǐ
cupping technique used in TCM
bá hǎi
elevation (above sea level)
bá jiān r
erhua variant of 拔尖[ba2 jian1]
bá yāng
to pull up seedlings (for transplanting)
Gū bá
Amédée Courbet (1826-1885), a French admiral who won a series of important land and naval victories during the Tonkin campaign and the Sino-French War