Character

捡 jiǎn

to pick up

HSK 5 #2753

捡拾 jiǎn shí	to pick up; to gather
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

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