取其精华,去其糟粕

取其精华,去其糟粕
jīnghuá,zāo

take the cream, discard the dross (political and educational slogan)

4 meanings
MEANING4 meanings

MEANING

  1. verb

    take the cream, discard the dross (political and educational slogan)

    • We should keep the essence and discard the dross.

  2. verb

    keep what is good, discard the rest

    • We should retain the essence and discard the dross.

  3. verb

    You need to be selective when studying.

    • Take the essence and discard the dross.

  4. verb

    In modernizing the country, don't accept uncritically all foreign ideas.

    • We should take the essence and discard the dross.

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The right hand grasps the enemy's ear — that is how ancients took spoils of war.

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