chaff and worthless grain; worthless things
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
chaff and blighted grain; worthless residue
literaryA technical or literary term referring to the husks and empty or inferior grains separated from the good grain during threshing or winnowing. Commonly used metaphorically.
Dào稻
gǔ谷
tuō脱
lì粒
hòu后
，
shèng剩
xià下
de的
zhǐ只
shì是
xiē些
kāng糠
bǐ秕
。
After the rice is threshed, what remains is just chaff and worthless grain.
Tā他
de的
nà那
xiē些
lǐ理
lùn论
bù不
guò过
shì是
xué学
shù术
jiè界
de的
kāng糠
bǐ秕
。
His theories are nothing but chaff in the academic world.
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Qù去
wú芜
cún存
jīng菁
，
rú如
tóng同
shāi筛
qù去
kāng糠
bǐ秕
，
liú留
xià下
jīng精
huá华
。
To discard the dross and keep the essence is like sifting out the chaff and retaining the good grain.