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捡

jiǎn

HSK 2.0 Level 5 HSK 3.0 Level 6

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Definitions

1. to pick up
2. to collect
3. to gather

Words Containing 捡

捡到篮里就是菜

jiǎn dào lán lǐ jiù shì cài

all is grist that comes to the mill (idiom)

(slang) to target an intoxicated person for sexual assault

to pick up

捡了芝麻丢了西瓜

jiǎn le zhī ma diū le xī guā

to let go of the big prize while grabbing at trifles (idiom)

bone-gathering, a custom of Fujian and Taiwan in which a son recovers the bones of his deceased father from the grave and places them in an urn for permanent storage at a different location