(lit.) to sort the gold from the sand (idiom); (fig.) to separate the wheat from the chaff
trad. 披沙揀金
Also written 披沙揀金【pī shā jiǎn jīn】
Characters in this word
4披
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to drape over one's shoulders, to open, to unroll, to split open, to spread out
- Pinyin
- pī
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 19714 of 2500
沙
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surname Sha
- Pinyin
- Shā
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 5710 of 2500
拣
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to choose, to pick, to sort out, to pick up
- Pinyin
- jiǎn
- Traditional
- 揀
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 24871 of 2500
金
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surname Jin, surname Kim (Korean), Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115–1234)
- Pinyin
- Jīn
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 1377 of 2500