拾金不昧 — Chinese idiom

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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