推

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Pronunciation : tuī
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Meaning :
  1. push; wheel. (v)
  2. push forward; promote; advance. (v)
  3. push away; shirk; shift. (v)
  4. put off; postpone. (v)
Radical : 扌
Strokes : 11
Traditional : 推
Usage : 24.0%
Common Words / Phrases:
1.
推动
tuī dòng
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2.
推翻
tuī fān
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] : overturn; overthrow; repudiate
3.
推荐
tuī jiàn
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4.
推出
tuī chū
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] : to release
5.
推销
tuī xiāo
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] : to market; to sell
Sentences:
1. They pushed the cart out of the mud.
tā men bǎ chē zi tuī chū ní kēng 。
他 们 把 车 子 推 出 泥 坑 。
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他们 : they
把 : used to shift the object to before the verb, which must be reduplicated or accompanied by some other word or expression.
车子 : cart
推 : push
出 : out
泥 : mud
坑 : hole
2. The ending of the story pushed the performance to another climax.
gù shì de jié jú zài yí cì jiāng yǎn chū tuī xiàng gāo cháo 。
故 事 的 结 局 再 一 次 将 演 出 推 向 高 潮 。
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故事 : story
的 : (particle) used after an attribute
结局 : ending
再 : again
一 : one
次 : (measure word) time
将 : (preposition) with, by means of
演出 : perform
推向 : to push something(to a direction)
高潮 : climax
3. Don’t try to shove all the work onto me!
bié bǎ gōng zuò dōu tuī gěi wǒ !
别 把 工 作 都 推 给 我 !
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别 : do not
把 : used to shift the object to before the verb, which must be reduplicated or accompanied by some other word or expression
工作 : work
都 : all
推 : shove
给 : give
我 : I
4. We have to get on with this job, we can’t put it off day after day.
Zhè xiàng gōng zuò děi zhuā jǐn , bù néng lǎo shì wǎng hòu tuī 。
这 项 工 作 得 抓 紧 , 不 能 老 是 往 后 推 。
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这 : this
项 : (measure word) used for itemized things
工作 : work, job
得 : need, must
抓紧 : take charge of; be responsible for
不能 : can not
老是 : always, all the time
往 : towards, to
后 : behind, back
推 : postpone

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