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自拔 (zì bá): Extricate oneself (verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

自拔 consists of 2 characters.

自 • zì • self; oneself; from; since • HSK 3.0 · L4

HSK 3.0 · L4

zì自

self; oneself; from; since

拔 • bá • to pull out, to extract • HSK 3.0 · L7-9

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

bá拔

to pull out, to extract

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Pinyinzì bá

Meaningextricate oneself; free oneself

Characters2

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Syntaxverb

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More common words that include characters from 自拔.

Words with 自

自己zì jǐself; oneself
自行车zì xíng chēbicycle
来自lái zìcome from
自习zì xíto study by oneself; self-study
自信zì xìnself-confident; believe in oneself
自学zì xuéself-study
自然zì ránnatural
大自然dà zì ránnature (the natural world)

Words with 拔

挺拔tǐng bátall and straight
提拔tí bápromote
海拔hǎi báheight; elevation
选拔xuǎn báselect; choose
拔苗助长

bá miáo zhù zhǎng

pull up a seedling in the mistaken hope of helping it to grow

一毛不拔yì máo bù báStingy / Tight-fisted

拔掉bá diàopull out, remove

拔镊bánièto pluck with tweezers

3.

Example Sentences with 自拔

Tā他

xiàn陷

rù入

kùn困

jìng境

，

wú无

fǎ法

zì自

bá拔

。

He fell into trouble and couldn't extricate himself.

Tā她

chén沉

mí迷

yú于

yóu游

xì戏

，

bù不

néng能

zì

Zhè这

duàn段

gǎn感

qíng情

ràng让

tā他

shēn深

xiàn陷

qí其

zhōng

自

bá拔

。

She is addicted to games and cannot free herself.

中

，

nán难

yǐ以

zì自

bá拔

。

This relationship made him deeply trapped and hard to extricate himself.