Usage of the character 粕
pò
粕
[粕]
- grains in distilled liquor
zāopò
糟粕
[糟粕]
- dross
- dregs
- rubbish
- fig. useless residue
qùqízāopò
去其糟粕
[去其糟粕]
- to remove the dross
- to discard the dregs
qǔqíjīnghuá,qùqízāopò
取其精华，去其糟粕
[取其精華，去其糟粕]
- 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.