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get small returns for the gigantic effort expended; pick the best from the vast majority; sift out gold from sand

shā lǐ táo jīn

沙 里 淘 金

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slmetaget small returns for the gigantic effort expended; pick the best from the vast majority; sift out gold from sand
- cǐ cì jìng xuǎn shì cǎi yòng shā lǐ táo jīn de bàn fǎ cóng liǎng qiān duō rén zhōng tiāo chū lái de
  此次竞选是采用沙里淘金的办法，从两千多人中挑出来的。
  This election comes from scanning over two thousand people by the method of sifting grains of gold from sand.
- yào zhǎo dào nǐ men jiù xiàng shā lǐ táo jīn
  要找到你们就像沙里淘金。
  Looking for you is like looking for grains of gold in the sand.
synonym
qù wěi cún zhēn去伪存真 qù cū qǔ jīng去粗取精 pī shā jiǎn jīn披沙拣金

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