剜到篮里就是菜剜到籃里就是菜剜到籃里就是菜

whatever gets dug into the basket is a vegetable

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Idiom惯用语 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Take whatever you can get and make do, without being picky. Often said of grabbing anything at hand. The usual form is 拾到篮里就是菜.

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Simplified: 剜到篮里就是菜
Traditional (Taiwan): 剜到籃里就是菜
Pinyin: wān dào lán li jiùshì cài
Pinyin (Taiwan): wān dào lán lǐ jiùshì cài
Bopomofo: ㄨㄢㄉㄠˋ ㄌㄢˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄕˋ ㄘㄞˋ

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

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