| 取其精华，去其糟粕 |
qǔ qí jīng huá , qù qí zāo pò |
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. |
| 取 |
qǔ |
to take / to get / to choose / to fetch |
| 取其精华 |
qǔ qí jīng huá |
to take the best / to absorb the essence |
| 其 |
qí |
his / her / its / their / that / such / it (refers to sth preceding it) |
| 精 |
jīng |
essence / extract / vitality / energy / semen / sperm / mythical goblin spirit / highly perfected / elite / the pick of sth / proficient (refined ability) / extremely (fine) / selected rice (archaic) |
| 精华 |
jīng huá |
best feature / most important part of an object / quintessence / essence / soul |
| 华 |
Huá |
abbr. for China |
| 华 |
Huà |
Mount Hua 华山 in Shaanxi / surname Hua |
| 华 |
huā |
old variant of 花 / flower |
| 华 |
huá |
magnificent / splendid / flowery |
| 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) |
| 去其糟粕 |
qù qí zāo pò |
to remove the dross / to discard the dregs |
| 其 |
qí |
his / her / its / their / that / such / it (refers to sth preceding it) |
| 糟 |
zāo |
dregs / draff / pickled in wine / rotten / messy / ruined |
| 糟粕 |
zāo pò |
dross / dregs / rubbish / fig. useless residue |
| 粕 |
pò |
grains in distilled liquor |