Taivo A Taiwan Mandarin dictionary

取其精華,去其糟粕

qǔqíjīnghuá,qùqízāopò

ㄑㄩˇ ㄑㄧˊ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄏㄨㄚˊ , ㄑㄩˋ ㄑㄧˊ ㄗㄠ ㄆㄛˋ

Simplified 取其精华,去其糟粕

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

Keep 取其精華,去其糟粕 and it comes back until you know it.

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