"捡" Chinese-English Dictionary

捡 jiǎn

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
捡撿	jiǎn	to pick up / to collect / to gather	syn

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
捡柴撿柴		firewood-gathering
捡骨撿骨	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
捡漏撿漏	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
捡尸撿屍	jiǎn shī	(slang) to target an intoxicated person for sexual assault
捡拾撿拾	jiǎn shí	to pick up / to gather	syn

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