拾金不昧

Traditional form:

拾金不昧

Pinyin (reading):

shíjīnbùmèi

Definitions:

• to pick up money and not hide it (idiom); to return property to its owner

Characters:

• 拾 - to collect, to pick up, to tidy up; ten (bankers' anti-fraud numeral)
• 金 - gold, metal; money
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 昧 - dark, hidden, obscure

Traditional characters:

• 拾 - to collect, to pick up, to tidy up; ten (bankers' anti-fraud numeral)
• 金 - gold, metal; money
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 昧 - dark, hidden, obscure