取其精华,去其糟粕

qǔ qí jīng huá , qù qí zāo pò · qu qi jing hua , qu qi zao po

Traditional 取其精華,去其糟粕

Meaning

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  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.
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