披沙揀金
pī​shā​jiǎn​jīn

to separate the wheat from the chaff

  • created sense approved 披沙拣金/披沙揀金 · pī​shā​jiǎn​jīn · to separate the wheat from the chaff — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    披沙拣金 / 披沙揀金

    pī​shā​jiǎn​jīn

    to separate the wheat from the chaff

    literally to sort gold from sand; to extract the essentials from a mass of material or be extremely careful in making a selection

    披 (literal) → 披 · pī · to open 沙 (literal) → 沙 · shā · sand 拣 (literal) → 拣/揀 · jiǎn · to choose 金 (literal) → 金 · jīn · gold

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense