"Dross" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 zāo pò dross / dregs / rubbish / fig. useless residue
  dross
 qù qí zāo pò to remove the dross / to discard the dregs
 qǔ qí jīng huá , qù qí zāo pò take the cream, discard the dross (political and educational slogan) / keep what is good, discard the rest / You need to be selective when studying. / In modernizing the country, don't accept uncritically all foreign ideas.
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