捡（撿）jiǎn （拾取） pick up;collect;gather: ～ 柴火 gather firewood；～ 到一支钢笔 find a fountain pen；～ 麦穗 pick up ears of wheat;glean a wheat field；～ 煤核儿 pick out unburnt coal from cinders；
春天里他们可以 ～ 到整篮整篮的野鸭蛋。 In spring they could collect whole baskets of wild duck eggs.
◆捡了芝麻，丢了西瓜 pick up the sesame seeds but overlook the watermelons — concentrate on trivial matters to the neglect of important ones;penny wise and pound foolish；
捡漏 {建} repair the leaky part of a roof；
捡破烂儿 pick odds and ends from refuse heaps；
捡拾器 pickup；
捡拾装载机 pick(-)up (grain) loader |