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取其精华，去其糟粕

qǔ qí jīng huá , qù qí zāo pò

9-character word Traditional 取其精華，去其糟粕

What 取其精华，去其糟粕 means

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.

The characters in 取其精华，去其糟粕

• 取qǔto take; to get; to choose
• 其qíhis; her; its
• 精jīngessence; extract; vitality
• 华huámagnificent; splendid; flowery
• 去qùto go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last
• 其qíhis; her; its
• 糟zāodregs; draff; pickled in wine
• 粕pògrains in distilled liquor