Definition
剔除 (tīchú) means 'to remove unwanted items' with the nuance of selectively picking them out from a group (e.g., impurities, errors, defective products). It differs from 清除 (qīngchú), which is a broader 'clear away,' and from 去除 (qùchú), a general, technical 'remove.' 剔除 emphasizes the selective process of removal.
verb
to removeto eliminateto get rid of (unwanted things)
Easily confused
- 提出tí chūsound-aliketo raise, to propose, to put forward (an idea, issue, or suggestion)
Examples
- 剔除。Wǒmen xūyào tī chú shuǐ zhōng de zázhì.We need to remove impurities from the water.
- 剔除。Gōngchǎng huì tī chú bù hégé de chǎnpǐn.The factory will discard unqualified products.
- 剔除。Biānjí zǐxì tī chú le wén zhōng de cuòwù.The editor carefully eliminated the errors in the text.
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