取其精华，去其糟粕

qǔ qí jīng huá , qù qí zāo pò

Definitions

1. take the cream, discard the dross (political and educational slogan)
2. keep what is good, discard the rest
3. You need to be selective when studying.
4. In modernizing the country, don't accept uncritically all foreign ideas.

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Child Words of 取其精华，去其糟粕

his

to go

to take

essence

best feature

dregs

qù qí zāo pò

to remove the dross

qǔ qí jīng huá

to take the best

grains in distilled liquor

dross

magnificent