披沙拣金 — Chinese idiom
披沙拣金
pī shā jiǎn jīn
Traditional: 披沙揀金
Meaning
- (lit.) to sort the gold from the sand
- (fig.) to separate the wheat from the chaff
Character by character
- 披pīto wear; to split, to crack
- 沙shāsand, gravel, pebbles; granulated
- 拣jiǎnto choose, to select; to gather, to pick up
- 金jīngold, metal; money
Idioms sharing a character
- 所向披靡 suǒ xiàng pī mǐ
- 披肝沥胆 pī gān lì dǎn
- 披荆斩棘 pī jīng zhǎn jí
- 披头散发 pī tóu sàn fà
- 一盘散沙 yī pán sǎn shā
- 含沙射影 hán shā shè yǐng
- 恒河沙数 Héng hé shā shù
- 战死沙场 zhàn sǐ shā chǎng
- 折戟沉沙 zhé jǐ chén shā
- 沙盘推演 shā pán tuī yǎn
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