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捡回

retrieve, pick back up, survive, recover

verb Rare #30,118
retrieve, pick back up Often used when something has been dropped or lost.
CH: 我把掉在地上的钥匙捡回来了。
EN: I picked up the key I dropped.
survive, recover Often used in the expression 捡回一条命, meaning to survive a life-threatening situation.
CH: 他受了重伤，但最后捡回了一条命。
EN: He was badly injured, but in the end he survived.

不用理我，快点捡回公事包

Don’t mind me—hurry up and pick up the briefcase.

— 警察故事 (1985)

我先替你捡回鞋子

I’ll pick up your shoe for you first.

— 警察故事 (1985)