去蕪存菁 [－芜－－]

Jyutping heoi3 mou4 cyun4 cing1
Pinyin qù wú cún jīng

Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    去除​雜​亂​嘅​部份​，​保留​精粹
    to discard the dross and keep the essential

去蕪存菁 [－芜－－]

Jyutping heoi3 mou4 cyun4 zing1
Pinyin qù wú cún jīng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. lit. to get rid of the weeds and keep the flowers
  2. to separate the wheat from the chaff (idiom)
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, idiomatic
    to separate the wheat from the chaff
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    去芜存菁
    去蕪存菁
    heoi3 mou4 cyun4 cing1
    • to separate the wheat from the chaff