排沙简金
pái​shā​jiǎn​jīn

to pan for gold

  • created reference approved 排沙简金/排沙簡金 → 去芜存菁/去蕪存菁 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    排沙简金 / 排沙簡金 pái​shā​jiǎn​jīn

    去芜存菁 / 去蕪存菁 qù​wú​cún​jīng

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 排沙简金/排沙簡金 · pái​shā​jiǎn​jīn · to pan for gold — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    排沙简金 / 排沙簡金

    pái​shā​jiǎn​jīn

    to pan for gold

    (idiom) to sift through sand to find gold; to separate the wheat from the chaff; (figuratively) to select the best or most talented from a large pool of items or people

    排 (literal) → 排 · pái · to exclude 沙 (literal) → 沙 · shā · sand 简 (literal) → 简/簡 · jiǎn · to select 金 (literal) → 金 · jīn · gold

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

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