去芜存菁 qù wú cún jīng | OtterDict

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去芜存菁

qùwúcúnjīng

lit. to get rid of the weeds and keep the flowers

2 meanings

MEANING2 meanings

壹动verb
lit. to get rid of the weeds and keep the flowers
- ，。
  We should remove the inferior and retain the best.
貳动verb
to separate the wheat from the chaff (idiom)
- ，。
  We should remove the dross and keep the essence, retaining the best.

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去芜存菁

Traditional去蕪存菁

qùwúcúnjīng

lit. to get rid of the weeds and keep the flowers

2 meanings

MEANING2 meanings

壹动verb
lit. to get rid of the weeds and keep the flowers
- ，。
  We should remove the inferior and retain the best.
貳动verb
to separate the wheat from the chaff (idiom)
- ，。
  We should remove the dross and keep the essence, retaining the best.

解字

CHARACTER ANALYSIS

去

土(earth; soil; land)ASSOCIATIVE
厶(private; personal)PHONETIC

Leaving your own plot of land is what the character Khứ means (go, depart).

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