取其精华，去其糟粕
qǔ qí jīng huá , qù qí zāo pò
take the cream, discard the dross (political and educational slogan); keep what is good, discard the rest; You need to be selective when studying.; In modernizing the country, don't accept uncritically all foreign ideas.
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取其精华，去其糟粕 (qǔ qí jīng huá , qù qí zāo pò) means "take the cream, discard the dross (political and educational slogan); keep what is good, discard the rest; You need to be selective when studying.; In modernizing the country, don't accept uncritically all foreign ideas." in Chinese.
取其精华，去其糟粕 is pronounced "qǔ qí jīng huá , qù qí zāo pò" in Mandarin Chinese. It is made up of 9 syllables.
取其精华，去其糟粕 is not part of the HSK vocabulary lists. It may be a specialized or advanced word.
取其精华，去其糟粕 is made up of the characters 取, 其, 精, 华, ，, 去, 其, 糟, 粕. Each character has its own meaning and can appear in other words.
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