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糟粕

zāo pò

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

糟粕 (zāo pò) means "dross; dregs; rubbish". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 糟粕 means

1. dross
2. dregs
3. rubbish
4. fig. useless residue

The characters in 糟粕

• 糟zāodregs; draff; pickled in wine
• 粕pògrains in distilled liquor

Words containing 糟粕

• 去其糟粕qù qí zāo pòto remove the dross; to discard the dregs
• 取其精华，去其糟粕qǔ qí jīng huá , qù qí zāo pòtake the cream, discard the dross (political and educational slogan)…

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