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去蕪存菁 (heoi3 mou4 cyun4 zing1) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

去蕪存菁 (heoi3 mou4 cyun4 zing1, qù wú cún jīng) — lit. to get rid of the weeds and keep the flowers; to separate the wheat from the chaff (idiom)

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beyond HSK

Related words

• 去偽存真 (heoi3 ngai6 cyun4 zan1) — get rid of the fake and keep the real one
• 去別有天 (heoi3 bit6 jau5 tin1) — To die
• 去 (heoi3) — (adjective) passed away; to go; to go to (a place); to cause to go or send (sb)…
• 去咗見周公 (heoi3 zo2 gin3 zau1 gung1) — had slept or fallen asleep
• 去濕 (heoi3 sap1) — eliminate inner humidity of one's body (Chinese medicinal)
• 去火 (heoi3 fo2) — noun; Chinese medical term, reduce internal heat or inflammation.

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