Definitions

1. 1. to pocket a lost article
2. 2. (fig.) to correct others' errors
3. 3. to remedy omissions (in a text etc)

Components

• 拾 shí – to pick up
• 遗 yí – to lose

Related Words

• 补缺拾遗 bǔ quē shí yí – see 拾遺補缺|拾遗补缺[shi2 yi2 bu3 que1]
• 路不拾遗 lù bù shí yí – lit. no one picks up lost articles in the street (idiom)
• 道不拾遗 dào bù shí yí – lit. no one picks up lost articles in the street (idiom)