捡到篮里就是菜
jiǎn​dào​lán​lǐ​jiù​shì​cài

all is grist that comes to the mill

  • created sense approved 捡到篮里就是菜/撿到籃裡就是菜 · jiǎn​dào​lán​lǐ​jiù​shì​cài · all is grist that comes to the mill — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    捡到篮里就是菜 / 撿到籃裡就是菜

    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

    捡到 (literal) → 捡到/撿到 · jiǎn​dào · to pick up 篮 (literal) → 篮/籃 · lán · basket 里 (bound) → 里/裡 · li · in 就是 (literal) → 就是 · jiù​shì · exactly 菜 (literal) → 菜 · cài · dish

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

    created sense