披沙拣金

Traditional form:

披沙揀金

Pinyin (reading):

pīshā-jiǎnjīn

Definitions:

• lit. to sort the gold from the sand (idiom)
• fig. to separate the wheat from the chaff

Characters:

• 披 - to wear; to split, to crack
• 沙 - sand, gravel, pebbles; granulated
• 拣 - to choose, to select; to gather, to pick up
• 金 - gold, metal; money

Traditional characters:

• 披 - to wear; to split, to crack
• 沙 - sand, gravel, pebbles; granulated
• 揀 - to choose, to select; to gather, to pick up
• 金 - gold, metal; money