拾金不昧 shí jīn bù mèi

DEFINITIONS

  1. to pick up money and not hide it (idiom); to return property to its owner

CHARACTERS

拾 shí pick up, collect, tidy up; accounting form of the numeral ten
金 jīn gold; metals in general; money
不 bù no, not; un-; negative prefix
昧 mèi obscure, dark; darken