qù​cū​qǔ​jīng

to discard the dross and select the essential

去粗取精 qù​cū​qǔ​jīng
to discard the dross and select the essential
To discard what is coarse or useless and keep the refined or essential part; to separate the wheat from the chaff.

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0.030 per million appears in 0% of films
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0.148 per million

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