拾金不昧 — Chinese idiom
拾金不昧
shí jīn bù mèi
Meaning
- to pick up money and not hide it ; to return property to its owner
Character by character
- 拾shíto collect, to pick up, to tidy up; ten (bankers'
- 金jīngold, metal; money
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 昧mèidark, hidden, obscure
Idioms sharing a character
- 不可收拾 bù kě shōu shi
- 俯拾皆是 fǔ shí jiē shì
- 拾人涕唾 shí rén tì tuò
- 拾人牙慧 shí rén yá huì
- 拾级而上 shè jí ér shàng
- 拾遗补缺 shí yí bǔ quē
- 路不拾遗 lù bù shí yí
- 道不拾遗 dào bù shí yí
- 一刻千金 yī kè qiān jīn
- 一字千金 yī zì qiān jīn
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