去蕪存菁

heoi3 mou4 cyun4 zing1

lit. to get rid of the weeds and keep the flowers · to separate the wheat from the chaff (idiom)

2 Written Forms

Meanings

  1. lit. to get rid of the weeds and keep the flowers
  2. to separate the wheat from the chaff (idiom)

Written Forms

去蕪存菁Traditional · Main Form
去芜存菁Alternate Form

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