去芜存菁 in English qu4 wu2 cun2 jing1 Meaning

Meanings

  • literally (word for word) to get rid of the weeds and keep the flowers
  • to separate the wheat from the chaff (idiomatic expression)

Simplified Characters

去 芜 存 菁

Traditional Characters

去 蕪 存 菁

Pinyin

qu4 wu2 cun2 jing1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

去qu4to go 芜wu2overgrown with weeds 存cun2to exist 菁jing1leek flower