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See also: 择木

		pick over; to select; to choose pick over; to select; to choose; to pick	tree; wood
trad. (擇木)		擇	木
simp. (择木)		择	木

擇木

(literary) to choose one's own boss
- c. 1330 - 1400: Luo Guanzhong, Romance of the Three Kingdoms/Chapter 3
  良禽擇木而棲，賢臣擇主而事。
  A good bird chooses (for himself) the tree upon which to perch, the talented subject chooses (for himself) the lord that he shall serve.