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去芜存菁

qùwúcúnjīng

Traditional: 去蕪存菁

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

Character Breakdown

去
qù
to go away, to leave, to depart
HSK 1
芜
wú
weeds; overgrowth
存
cún
to exist; to survive, to maintain; to keep, to store; to deposit
HSK 4
菁
jīng
turnip; a flower of the leek family

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