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ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
1	拣	揀	jiǎn	jian3	to choose; to pick; to sort out; to pick up
2	拣择	揀擇	jiǎn zé	jian3 ze2	(literary) to select; to choose
3	白拣	白揀	bái jiǎn	bai2 jian3	a cheap choice; to choose sth that costs nothing
4	翻拣	翻揀	fān jiǎn	fan1 jian3	to browse and select; to glance through and check
5	分拣	分揀	fēn jiǎn	fen1 jian3	Sorting
6	拣佛烧香	揀佛燒香	jiǎn fó shāo xiāng	jian3 fo2 shao1 xiang1	to choose which Buddha to burn incense to (idiom); fig. to curry favor from the right person
7	拣起	揀起	jiǎn qǐ	jian3 qi3	to pick up
8	拣信室	揀信室	jiǎn xìn shì	jian3 xin4 shi4	mail sorting office
9	拣选	揀選	jiǎn xuǎn	jian3 xuan3	to select; to sort out
10	拣饮择食	揀飲擇食	jiǎn yǐn zé shí	jian3 yin3 ze2 shi2	to choose one's food carefully; to be picky
11	雷公打豆腐，拣软的欺	雷公打豆腐，揀軟的欺	léi gōng dǎ dòu fu , jiǎn ruǎn de qī	Lei2 Gong1 da3 dou4 fu5 , jian3 ruan3 de5 qi1	the God of Thunder strikes bean curd, a bully picks the weakest person; to pick on an easy target
12	淘沙拣金	淘沙揀金	táo shā jiǎn jīn	tao2 sha1 jian3 jin1	to search for the very best (idiom)
13	挑拣	挑揀	tiāo jiǎn	tiao1 jian3	to pick and choose; to select
14	挑精拣肥	挑精揀肥	tiāo jīng jiǎn féi	tiao1 jing1 jian3 fei2	to pick and choose; to be picky (idiom)
15	挑三拣四	挑三揀四	tiāo sān jiǎn sì	tiao1 san1 jian3 si4	to be picky; to be choosy