to have no other choice

to choose (literary)

by fair means or foul; by hook or by crook; unscrupulously

selective; selectiveness; selectivity

to select; to choose; to pick over; to pick out; to differentiate; to eliminate; also pr. [zhai2]

natural selection

(literary) to select; to choose

to choose a spouse

to pick out the bones in a fish

to select

to fix a date (for an event); to select an auspicious date

at the right time; when appropriate

to pick the edible part of vegetables

to be picky (food)

to choose and use; to adopt (a decision)

Zhang Zeduan (1085-1145), Song dynasty painter

impossible to separate; impossible to disentangle; cannot take time out

to pick an auspicious day

multiple-choice question

indiscriminate

to speak incoherently; to ramble; to talk irresponsibly

to say not a word that is not appropriate (idiom); wrongly used for 口不擇言|口不择言[kou3 bu4 ze2 yan2]

to choose one's food carefully; to be picky

to choose what is good and hold fast to it (idiom)

to choose the right course and follow it (idiom)

natural selection

special choice; special reserve

natural selection

a fine bird chooses a tree to nest in (proverb); fig. a talented person chooses a patron of integrity

when hungry, you can't pick what you eat (idiom); beggars can't be choosers; When matters are urgent, don't spend time choosing alternatives.

free agency

lit. carefully setting an auspicious date does not beat seizing an opportunity (idiom); fig. seize the occasion

a fine bird chooses a tree to nest in (proverb); fig. a talented person chooses a patron of integrity