拾到篮里就是菜 拾到籃里就是菜 拾到籃里就是菜

whatever you pick up into the basket is vegetables

Saying俗语俗語

Idiom惯用语 · Rarely used now

Meaning
Said of grabbing anything you can get, good or bad, without being choosy. It can also mean that only what you actually have in hand is truly yours. Close to 'a bird in the hand' in the second sense.
Simplified
拾到篮里就是菜
Traditional (Taiwan)
拾到籃里就是菜
Pinyin
shí dào lán li jiùshì cài
Pinyin (Taiwan)
shí dào lán lǐ jiùshì cài
Bopomofo
ㄕˊ ㄉㄠˋ ㄌㄢˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄕˋ ㄘㄞˋ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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