to put in order; to tidy or clear up; to pack (luggage); to manage or organize

(idiom) describes a situation that has become so bad it is uncontrollable, unmanageable, or impossible to salvage

Describes a situation that, once started, becomes impossible to stop or manage

to get one's things together or clean a place up; to put things in order

to glean or collect scraps; to pick up discarded items, grain, or firewood to sell or use; to eke out a meager living

to pick up; to gather; to collect things from the ground

(idiom) to find money or valuables and not hide them for oneself; to return lost property to its owner

(colloquial) to tidy up; to put in order; to clear up

To pick up and keep items lost by others; often used in the idiom [[路不拾遗|路不拾遺|lu4 bu4 shi2 yi2]] describing a safe and honest society.

to clear up a mess; to handle the aftermath of a disaster or a failed situation

to pick up something from the ground; to collect or gather

to walk slowly up a flight of steps; to ascend one step at a time

to remedy omissions and correct errors; to make good on deficiencies or missing parts

so numerous that one only has to bend down to pick them up; found everywhere or easily available

Literally, "when everybody gathers fuel, the flames are higher"; describes how unity and cooperation lead to great strength or success.

no one picks up lost articles in the street; used to describe a time of great peace, order, and high moral standards where people do not take what does not belong to them

so numerous that one can just bend down and pick them up; easily found everywhere or readily available

an item that has been picked up after being lost by someone else; found property

to pick up and pass off the ideas or words of others as one's own; to steal others' ideas without having any original thoughts of one's own

to pick up bits or collect scrap material; to gather together miscellaneous information or news into a piece of writing, often used in article titles

to make good on omissions and deficiencies; to correct others' mistakes or gaps; (metaphorically) to do damage control

an electro-acoustic transducer, such as a guitar pickup or a record player's cartridge, that converts mechanical vibrations into electrical signals

no one picks up lost articles in the street; used to describe a society where honesty pervades and people are law-abiding

(literary) to pick up a tiny plant; used to describe something that is extremely easy to obtain or accomplish; a piece of cake

(bound form) to bend down and pick up something from the ground

to happen to find something and pick it up; to chance upon

To take back a deserted spouse or reunite after a separation; to restore a past romantic relationship; equivalent to [[破镜重圆|破鏡重圓|po4 jing4 chong2 yuan2]]

to tidy up or put things in order; a dialectal word used in regions such as Guangdong

to pick up and use others' leftover words or ideas; to offer no original thoughts of one's own

to parrot the words of others without any original thought; to pick up and use other people's discarded ideas

To copy or parrot others without having any original ideas of one's own; (idiom) literally to pick up the nasal mucus and spittle of others.

to pick up and use the words or ideas of others as one's own; to parrot what others have said

as easy as picking up a mustard seed from the ground; a metaphor for something extremely easy to accomplish or obtain

(literary) to doubt or suspect someone due to a misunderstanding. This refers to an anecdote where [[孔子|孔子|kong3 zi3]] mistakenly believed his disciple [[颜回|顏回|yan2 hui2]] was stealing food, when he was actually only eating a bit of rice that had been soiled by soot.

to find or pick up something; to collect

to search for or collect scrap, junk, or waste materials, often for resale; to scavenge

To gather leftover grain from the fields after a harvest.

to walk up or down steps one by one

To turn something upside down or over; to rummage through and mess up the order of things while searching.

to pick up or find something that was lost; to collect or obtain

To pick something up from the ground or a surface.

A classic 4th-century Chinese work of fiction (zhiguai) traditionally attributed to Wang Jia of the Jin dynasty; the text records strange stories, myths, and legends ranging from prehistoric times to the Later Zhao dynasty.

to gather or pick up from various sources; to compile

(literary) to collect or gather; to tidy up

(literary) to pick up; to gather; to collect; to gather materials (from texts) or dig up past faults (to inform against someone)

"Dawn Blossoms Plucked at Dusk", a collection of autobiographical essays by the famous modern writer [[鲁迅|魯迅|lu3 xun4]].

to turn upside down or rummage through things

to fix gaps and correct errors; to supply what is missing and rectify mistakes

to pick up again; to regain a quality like confidence or interest; to revive a custom or friendship