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. 比喻粗劣無用的東西。《晉書．卷五五．潘岳傳》：「名位為糟粕，勢利為埃塵。」《初刻拍案驚奇．卷一八》：「今和鉛汞在火中一燒，鉛汞化為青氣去了，遺下糟粕之質，見了銀精，盡化為銀。」也作「糟魄」。

重編國語辭典

  1. 粗劣無用的東西
  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
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