取其精华，去其糟粕
Traditional form:
取其精華，去其糟粕
Pinyin (reading):
qǔqíjīnghuá,qùqízāopò
Definitions:
- 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.
Characters:
- 取 - to take, to receive, to obtain; to select
- 其 - his, her, its, their; that
- 精 - essence, germ, spirit
- 华 - flowery; illustrious; Chinese
- 去 - to go away, to leave, to depart
- 其 - his, her, its, their; that
- 糟 - sediment, dregs; to waste, to spoil
- 粕 - sediment, lees, dregs
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