取舍

取捨

qǔshě

verb #31,481

Meanings

1 to choose; to make a tradeoff
2 to decide what to keep and what to discard
3 to weigh options

Characters

to give up; discard

Examples

HSK 3

做决定时要懂得取舍。

Zuò juédìng shí yào dǒngde qǔshě.

When making decisions, you must know how to make tradeoffs.

HSK 5

他在事业和家庭之间难以取舍。

Tā zài shìyè hé jiātíng zhījiān nányǐ qǔshě.

He struggled to choose between career and family.

Tips

memory

取 'take' + 舍 'discard' - a perfectly antonymic compound that means 'pick what to take, drop the rest.' Like English 'tradeoff,' it implies you can't have both. Often in: 有所取舍 'make selective choices,' 难以取舍 'hard to choose.'

Stroke Order

取 qǔ

舍 shě