除却

除卻
chúquè
  1. (literary) to take away; to take out; to remove (from consideration)
  2. to take away; to take out; to remove (from consideration)

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 除 chú
  1. to get rid of
  2. to remove
  3. to exclude
  4. to eliminate
  5. to wipe out
  6. to divide
  7. except
  8. not including
=2 却 què old variant of 却 què
=2 却 què
  1. but
  2. yet
  3. however
  4. while
  5. to go back
  6. to decline
  7. to retreat
  8. nevertheless
  9. even though
=2 却 qū
  1. to catch
  2. to dispel
  3. to hold up with both hands

Containing this entry

曾经沧海难为水，除却巫山不是云 céngjīngcānghǎinánwéishuǐ,chúquè Wū Shānbùshìyún
  1. there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom)
  2. one who has seen the world doesn't stop at small things