掐頭去尾
qiā​tóu​qù​wěi

to remove both ends

  • created sense approved 掐头去尾/掐頭去尾 · qiā​tóu​qù​wěi · to remove both ends — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    掐头去尾 / 掐頭去尾

    qiā​tóu​qù​wěi

    to remove both ends

    To break off or leave out the beginning and the end; also describes removing the less important parts of something to leave only the core content.core content.

    掐 (literal) → 掐 · qiā · to pick 头 (literal) → 头/頭 · tóu · top 去 (literal) → 去 · qù · to remove 尾 (literal) → 尾 · wěi · end; remainder

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

    created sense