to sort (mail, parcels, or goods)

to be overly fastidious or hypercritical; to be difficult to please when making choices

to pick and choose or select from among several options, often implies being fastidious

to choose someone or something from a group for a specific purpose, role, or honor

to cherry-pick; to pick the best parts for oneself; to be choosy

to select or choose from among several options, often used in literary or formal contexts

to separate the wheat from the chaff; to extract the best or most valuable parts from a large quantity of material

To pick on an easy target or a vulnerable person; literally, the God of Thunder strikes bean curd, choosing the softest one to bully.

to choose which Buddha to burn incense to (idiom); to selectively curry favor from the right person

mail sorting office

to pick up

to be fastidious or choosy about food and drink

rough handling of parcels during mail sorting

to get something for nothing or at an extremely low price

to rummage through items in order to select something