糟粕

zāopò
  1. dross
  2. dregs
  3. rubbish
  4. fig. useless residue

CEDICT

  1. (figurative) dregs; useless parts
  2. dregs; useless parts
  3. dross; dregs; rubbish

Wiktionary

  1. 酒糟、米糟或豆糟等渣滓。
  2. 比喻粗劣无用的东西。《晋书．卷五五．潘岳传》：「名位为糟粕，势利为埃尘。」《初刻拍桉惊奇．卷一八》：「今和铅汞在火中一烧，铅汞化为青气去了，遗下糟粕之质，见了银精，尽化为银。」也作「糟魄」。

重編國語辭典

  1. 粗劣无用的东西
  2. 酒糟、米糟、豆糟等渣滓

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 糟 zāo
  1. dregs
  2. draff
  3. pickled in wine
  4. rotten
  5. messy
  6. ruined
2 粕 pò grains in distilled liquor

Containing this entry

去其糟粕 qùqízāopò
  1. to remove the dross
  2. to discard the dregs

Related entries

渣子 zhāzi
  1. dregs
  2. bits
  3. dregs (of society)
糟 zāo
  1. dregs
  2. draff
  3. pickled in wine
  4. rotten
  5. messy
  6. ruined
是怎麼變糟的？

How could things get worse?

Source: Tatoeba

渣 zhā
  1. slag (in mining or smelting)
  2. dregs
渣滓 zhāzǐ
  1. residue
  2. dregs
  3. disreputable people
糟糠 zāokāng
  1. chaff, husks, distillers' dregs etc (food eaten by the poor)
  2. (fig.) rubbish
  3. junk
  4. (abbr. for 糟糠妻 zāokāngqī) wife who goes through the hardships of poverty with her husband
有的没的 yǒudeméide
  1. trivial (matters)
  2. triviality
  3. nonsense
  4. rubbish
残渣 cánzhā
  1. remainder
  2. filtered out residue
  3. sediment
  4. waste product
  5. debris
  6. detritus
  7. rubbish