去蕪存菁 qù wú cún jīng

DEFINITIONS

  1. lit. to get rid of the weeds and keep the flowers
  2. to separate the wheat from the chaff (idiom)

CHARACTERS

去 qù
HSK 1
go away, leave, depart
蕪 wú luxurious growth of weeds
存 cún
HSK 4
exist, live, be; survive; remain
菁 jīng flower of leek family; turnip