去芜存菁

Traditional: 去蕪存菁
qù wú cún jīng
Dictionary entry
lit. to get rid of the weeds and keep the flowers

What does 去芜存菁 mean?

去芜存菁 (qù wú cún jīng) has the following dictionary meaning.

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

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How to pronounce 去芜存菁

去芜存菁
qù wú cún jīng
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