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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

择 [zé]
  1. 1. verb choose

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

择 [zé]
  1. 1. verb select; choose; pick
    择友
    choose friends
    二者任择其一
    choose either of the two
    择日起程
    fix a departure date
    你们择个好日子成亲吧。
    你自己选择吧。
    我们择日再议。

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

择 [zé]
  1. 1. 动 挑选;挑拣
    不择手段。
    择善而从。
    饥不择食。
    选择。
    抉择。
    择优录取。
  2. 2. E右下是"峐"，不是"丰"。
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Examples

线乱成了一团，怎么也择不开了。
The thread is all in a tangle. I simply can't undo it. → 择不开
一点儿工夫也择不开
not have a moment to spare → 择不开
你们择个好日子成亲吧。 → 择
我择不开这团乱麻。 → 择不开
我的思绪有点择不开。 → 择不开
择韭菜。 → 择
毛线乱了,择不开。 → 择

Character Decomposition

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[shǒu]		 + 又
[yòu]		 +

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