extract the essence and use extensively; select the best and apply abundantly
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1 sense · 3 examplesidiom
same as 取精用弘; to extract the essence and make extensive use of it; to select the best from a vast body of material and apply it abundantly
formalOriginally from the Book of Rites (《礼记·礼器》), describing the process of selecting the finest elements from extensive resources. Commonly used in academic, literary, or formal contexts to describe scholarship or research that synthesizes broad knowledge.
Zuò做
xué学
wen问
yào要
qǔ取
jīng精
yòng用
hóng宏
，
bù不
néng能
jú局
xiàn限
yú于
yī一
jiā家
zhī之
yán言
。
In scholarship, one must extract the essence and use it extensively, rather than being confined to a single school of thought.
Zhè这
bù部
zhù著
zuò作
qǔ取
jīng精
yòng用
hóng宏
，
róng融
huì汇
le了
lì历
dài代
xué学
zhě者
de的
yán研
jiū究
chéng成
guǒ果
。
This work extracts the best and uses it extensively, synthesizing the research findings of scholars throughout history.
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Biān编
jí辑
zhè这
tào套
cóng丛
shū书
shí时
，
wǒ我
men们
jiān坚
chí持
qǔ取
jīng精
yòng用
hóng宏
de的
yuán原
zé则
。
When editing this series, we adhered to the principle of selecting the essence and applying it extensively.