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去芜存菁
qù​wú​cún​jīng

to separate the wheat from the chaff

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents

Senses

去芜存菁/ 去蕪存菁 qù​wú​cún​jīng to separate the wheat from the chaff

(idiom) to get rid of the weeds and keep the flowers; to discard the rough or messy parts while keeping the essence

References

synonym 排沙简金/排沙簡金 → 去芜存菁/去蕪存菁
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