qù​cū​qǔ​jīng

to discard the dross and select the essential

  • created reference approved 去粗取精 → 披沙拣金/披沙揀金 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    去粗取精 qù​cū​qǔ​jīng

    披沙拣金 / 披沙揀金 pī​shā​jiǎn​jīn

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  • created reference approved 去粗取精 → 去伪存真/去偽存真 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    去粗取精 qù​cū​qǔ​jīng

    去伪存真 / 去偽存真 qù​wěi​cún​zhēn

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  • created sense approved 去粗取精 · qù​cū​qǔ​jīng · to discard the dross and select the essential — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    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.

    去 (literal) → 去 · qù · to remove 粗 (literal) → 粗 · cū · coarse 取 (literal) → 取 · qǔ · to choose 精 (literal) → 精 · jīng · essence

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