取其精華，去其糟粕 qǔ qí jīng huá ， qù qí zāo pò

DEFINITIONS

  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.

CHARACTERS

取 qǔ
HSK 4
take, receive, obtain; select
其 qí
HSK 3
his, her, its, their; that
精 jīng
HSK 4
essence; semen; spirit
華 huá flowery; illustrious; Chinese
去 qù
HSK 1
go away, leave, depart
其 qí
HSK 3
his, her, its, their; that
糟 zāo
HSK 5
sediment, dregs; pickle
粕 pò lees, dregs, sediments left after distilling liquor