To make full use of every available resource, whether picking things up from the ground or reaching for things on trees; describes someone who is extremely diligent and thrifty.
他从小就养成了俛拾仰取的好习惯，从不浪费任何东西。
He developed the good habit of being extremely diligent and thrifty from a young age, never wasting anything.
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