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拾遗

shí yí

2-character word Traditional 拾遺

What 拾遗 means

1. to pocket a lost article
2. (fig.) to correct others' errors
3. to remedy omissions (in a text etc)

The characters in 拾遗

• 拾shèto ascend in light steps
• 遗yí(bound form) to leave behind

Words starting with 拾遗

• 拾遗补缺shí yí bǔ quēto remedy omissions and correct errors (idiom)

Words containing 拾遗

• 路不拾遗lù bù shí yílit. no one picks up lost articles in the street (idiom)…
• 道不拾遗dào bù shí yílit. no one picks up lost articles in the street (idiom)…
• 补缺拾遗bǔ quē shí yísee 拾遗补缺

Sounds the same

Read shí yí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 时宜contemporary expectations