取其精華,去其糟粕

take the cream, discard the dross (political and educational slogan) / keep what is good, discard the rest / You need to be selective when studying. / In modernizing the country, don't accept uncritically all foreign ideas.

Characters and words in 取其精華,去其糟粕

= qu + Ø3
to take / to get / to choose / to fetch
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to take the best / to absorb the essence
= qi + Ø2
his / her / its / their / that / such / it (refers to sth preceding it)
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jīng = ji + (e)ng1
essence / extract / vitality / energy / semen / sperm / mythical goblin spirit / highly perfected / elite / the pick of sth / proficient (refined ability) / extremely (fine) / selected rice (archaic)
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best feature / most important part of an object / quintessence / essence / soul
huá = hu + a2
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huà = hu + a4
Mt Hua 華山|华山 in Shaanxi / surname Hua
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huā = hu + a1
old variant of 花[hua1] / flower
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huá = hu + a2
magnificent / splendid / flowery
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= qu + Ø4
to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
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to remove the dross / to discard the dregs
zāo = z + ao1
dregs / draff / pickled in wine / rotten / messy / ruined
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dross / dregs / rubbish / fig. useless residue
= p + o4
grains in distilled liquor
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