去蕪存菁

Chinese

		to go; to leave; to remove	overgrown with weeds	exist; deposit; store exist; deposit; store; keep; survive	flower of leek
trad. (去蕪存菁)		去	蕪	存	菁
simp. (去芜存菁)		去	芜	存	菁
Literally: “to get rid of the weeds and keep the flowers”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qùwúcúnjīng

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄩˋ ㄨˊ ㄘㄨㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): heoi³ mou⁴ cyun⁴ zing¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: qùwúcúnjīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄩˋ ㄨˊ ㄘㄨㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiwwutswenjing
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy⁵¹ u³⁵ t͡sʰu̯ən³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: heoi³ mou⁴ cyun⁴ zing¹
  - Yale: heui mòuh chyùhn jīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoey³ mou⁴ tsyn⁴ dzing¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hêu³ mou⁴ qun⁴ jing¹
  - IPA ^(key): /hɵy̯³³ mou̯²¹ t͡ɕʰyːn²¹ t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

去蕪存菁

to separate the wheat from the chaff

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