挑肥拣瘦 — Chinese idiom
挑肥拣瘦
tiāo féi jiǎn shòu
Traditional: 挑肥揀瘦
Meaning
- to cherry-pick; to pick the best parts for oneself; to be choosy
Character by character
- 挑tiāoto select, to choose; picky, choosy; a load
- 肥féifat, plump, obese; fertile
- 拣jiǎnto choose, to select; to gather, to pick up
- 瘦shòuthin, lean, emaciated; meager
Idioms sharing a character
- 挑拨是非 tiǎo bō shì fēi
- 挑拨离间 tiǎo bō lí jiàn
- 挑灯夜战 tiǎo dēng yè zhàn
- 目挑心招 mù tiǎo xīn zhāo
- 损公肥私 sǔn gōng féi sī
- 脑满肠肥 nǎo mǎn cháng féi
- 食言而肥 shí yán ér féi
- 饫甘餍肥 yù gān yàn féi
- 披沙拣金 pī shā jiǎn jīn
- 拣佛烧香 jiǎn fó shāo xiāng
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