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jiǎn​dào

to pick up

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  • 捡到篮里就是菜 jiǎn​dào​lán​lǐ​jiù​shì​cài all is grist that comes to the mill
    literally meaning "whatever is picked into the basket counts as food"; an idiom used to describe accepting whatever is available or making use of everything that comes one's way