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去芜存菁

qù wú cún jīng

4-character word Traditional 去蕪存菁

What 去芜存菁 means

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

The characters in 去芜存菁

• 去qùto go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last
• 芜wúovergrown with weeds
• 存cúnto exist; to deposit; to store
• 菁jīngleek flower; lush; luxuriant

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