去其糟粕
qù​qí​zāo​pò

to discard the dregs

  • created sense approved 去其糟粕 · qù​qí​zāo​pò · to discard the dregs — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    去其糟粕

    qù​qí​zāo​pò

    to discard the dregs

    to remove the dross; to get rid of the useless or harmful parts of something while keeping the essence

    去 (literal) → 去 · qù · to remove 其 (literal) → 其 · qí · [third-person possessive] 糟粕 (literal) → 糟粕 · zāo​pò · rubbish

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense