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to pick up

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

jian3 jiǎn

Meaning


Primary

to pick up

Alternatives

pick up, picks up, picking up, picked up, to collect, collect, to gather, gather

Mnemonic


[ji-] Jimmy Neutron is in the [3] basement of the [-an] pawn shop where there is a crazy employee 僉 party. He goes around with his robotic dog 撿 picking up a bunch of 扌 fingers that are all over the floor for some reason.

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