Senses
拾遗/ 拾遺 to pocket lost property
To pick up and keep items lost by others; often used in the idiom 路不拾遗 describing a safe and honest society.
拾遗/ 拾遺 to remedy omissions
To collect or compile missing information; to supplement or correct omissions in a book or text.
拾遗/ 拾遺 [official title]
A low-ranking imperial official in the Tang Dynasty responsible for advising and criticizing the emperor to prevent errors in judgment.
拾遗/ 拾遺 easy task
(literary) As easy as picking up a lost item; used as a metaphor for something extremely simple to achieve.
拾遗/ 拾遺 gleaning
To gather leftover grain after a harvest