Search the rock and collect the dry(sōu yán cǎi gàn)

Search the rock and collect the dry

The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is s à uy á NC à Ig à n, which means searching for folk talents in many ways, trying to attract idle talents. It comes from the biography of Duan Chenggen in the book of Wei.

Idiom usage

It is used as predicate and attributive; it is used as a metaphor to refer to idle talents

The origin of Idioms

In the biography of Duan Chenggen in the book of Wei: "cut the clam for the Pearl, search the rock for the dry. The wild does not cast the fiber, the Chao Ying Yi Han

Chinese PinYin : sōu yán cǎi gàn