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		Trad	Simp	Mandarin	Definition	Days old	Ver
		撿	捡	[[jian3]]	/to pick up; to collect; to gather/	848	2
		撿到籃裡就是菜	捡到篮里就是菜	[jian3 dao4 lan2 li3 jiu4 shi4 cai4]	/all is grist that comes to the mill (idiom)/	4102	1
		撿骨	捡骨	[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/	3186	1
		撿了芝麻丟了西瓜	捡了芝麻丢了西瓜	[jian3 le5 zhi1 ma5 diu1 le5 xi1 gua1]	/to let go of the big prize while grabbing at trifles (idiom)/	4222	1
		撿屍	捡尸	[jian3 shi1]	/(slang) to target an intoxicated person for sexual assault/	2504	1
		撿漏	捡漏	[[jian3lou4]]	/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/	875	2
		撿拾	捡拾	[[jian3shi2]]	/to pick up; to gather/	555	2

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