拔擢 Traditional form: 拔擢 Pinyin (reading): bázhuó Definitions: select the best people for promotion Characters: 拔 - to uproot, to pull out; to select, to promote 擢 - to pull up, to raise; to select Traditional characters: 拔 - to uproot, to pull out; to select, to promote 擢 - to pull up, to raise; to select