zhuó
to pull out
to select
to promote
zhuó shēng
to promote (sb)
to upgrade
to ascend
bá zhuó
select the best people for promotion
zhuó dì
to pass the civil service examination (in imperial China)
zhuó fà nán shǔ
lit. as difficult to count as hair pulled from sb's head (idiom)
fig. innumerable (crimes)