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披沙拣金

pī shā jiǎn jīn

4-character word Traditional 披沙揀金

What 披沙拣金 means

1. (lit.) to sort the gold from the sand (idiom)
2. (fig.) to separate the wheat from the chaff

The characters in 披沙拣金

• 披pīto drape over one's shoulders; to open; to unroll
• 沙shāgranule; hoarse; raspy
• 拣jiǎnto choose; to pick; to sort out
• 金jīngold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals

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