| 去芜存菁 |
qù wú cún jīng |
lit. to get rid of the weeds and keep the flowers / to separate the wheat from the chaff (idiom) |
| 去 |
qù |
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) |
| 芜 |
wú |
overgrown with weeds |
| 存 |
cún |
to exist / to deposit / to store / to keep / to survive |
| 菁 |
jīng |
leek flower / lush / luxuriant |