"捡" • Chinese-English Dictionary
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| 捡 |  jiǎn | to pick up / to collect / to gather |   | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Results beginning with 捡 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 捡柴 | firewood-gathering | | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 捡漏 | jiǎn lòu | 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 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 捡拾 | jiǎn shí | to pick up / to gather | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 捡尸 | jiǎn shī | (slang) to target an intoxicated person for sexual assault | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 捡到篮里就是菜 | jiǎn dào lán lǐ jiù shì cài | all is grist that comes to the mill (idiom) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
