shí​yí

to pocket lost property

Senses

拾遗/ 拾遺 shí​yí to pocket lost property

To pick up and keep items lost by others; often used in the idiom 路不拾遗 lù​bù​shí​yí describing a safe and honest society.

拾遗/ 拾遺 shí​yí to remedy omissions

To collect or compile missing information; to supplement or correct omissions in a book or text.

拾遗/ 拾遺 shí​yí [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 shí​yí 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 shí​yí gleaning

To gather leftover grain after a harvest

References

see 拾遗/拾遺 路不拾遗/路不拾遺
see 正言/正言 拾遗/拾遺