捡

jiǎn

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Definitions

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

Words Containing 捡

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)

捡到篮里就是菜
jiǎn dào lán lǐ jiù shì cài

all is grist that comes to the mill (idiom)

捡尸
jiǎn shī

(slang) to target an intoxicated person for sexual assault

捡拾
jiǎn shí

to pick up

捡骨
jiǎn gǔ

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