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Trad. 撿

to pick up; to collect; to gather

🖌️ 捡 Strokes

捡jiǎn 尸shī

Trad. 撿屍

(slang) to target an intoxicated person for sexual assault

🖌️ 捡 Strokes 🖌️ 尸 Strokes

捡jiǎn 拾shí

Trad. 撿拾

to pick up; to gather

🖌️ 捡 Strokes 🖌️ 拾 Strokes

捡jiǎn 漏lòu

Trad. 撿漏

to repair a leaky roof
(dialect) to find fault; to nitpick
(slang) to score a bargain (esp. when the seller is unaware of the item's true value)
(slang) to take advantage of an unexpected opportunity

🖌️ 捡 Strokes 🖌️ 漏 Strokes

捡jiǎn 骨gǔ

Trad. 撿骨

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

🖌️ 捡 Strokes 🖌️ 骨 Strokes

捡jiǎn 到dào 篮lán 里lǐ 就jìu 是shì 菜cài

Trad. 撿到籃裡就是菜

all is grist that comes to the mill (idiom)

🖌️ 捡 Strokes 🖌️ 到 Strokes 🖌️ 篮 Strokes 🖌️ 里 Strokes 🖌️ 就 Strokes 🖌️ 是 Strokes 🖌️ 菜 Strokes

捡jiǎn 了le 芝zhī 麻ma 丢dīu 了le 西xī 瓜guā

Trad. 撿了芝麻丟了西瓜

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

🖌️ 捡 Strokes 🖌️ 了 Strokes 🖌️ 芝 Strokes 🖌️ 麻 Strokes 🖌️ 丢 Strokes 🖌️ 了 Strokes 🖌️ 西 Strokes 🖌️ 瓜 Strokes