除卻

除却
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 卻 què
  1. but
  2. yet
  3. however
  4. while
  5. to go back
  6. to decline
  7. to retreat
  8. nevertheless
  9. even though

Containing this entry

曾經滄海難為水，除卻巫山不是雲 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