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爪
つめ
で
拾
ひろ
って
箕
み
で
零
こぼ
す
Meanings
Expression
Idiomatic
1. to squander what has been saved up laboriously; to blow one's hard-earned fortune;
(lit.)
to spill through a winnowing basket what one has collected with their fingernails
Kanji used
爪
claw
拾
pick up (off the ground)
箕
winnowing fan
零
zero