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ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
1	捡	撿	jiǎn	jian3	to pick up; to collect; to gather
2	捡尸	撿屍	jiǎn shī	jian3 shi1	(slang) to target an intoxicated person for sexual assault
3	捡拾	撿拾	jiǎn shí	jian3 shi2	to pick up; to gather
4	捡到篮里就是菜	撿到籃裡就是菜	jiǎn dào lán lǐ jiù shì cài	jian3 dao4 lan2 li3 jiu4 shi4 cai4	all is grist that comes to the mill (idiom)
5	捡骨	撿骨	jiǎn gǔ	jian3 gu3	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
6	捡了芝麻丢了西瓜	撿了芝麻丟了西瓜	jiǎn le zhī ma diū le xī guā	jian3 le5 zhi1 ma5 diu1 le5 xi1 gua1	to let go of the big prize while grabbing at trifles (idiom)