[北洋军 / 北洋軍, Běi yáng jūn, ㄅㄟˇ ㄧㄤˊ ㄐㄩㄣ]north China army, a modernizing Western-style army set up during late Qing, and a breeding ground for the Northern Warlords after the Qinghai revolution[Add to Longdo]
[取其精华,去其糟粕 / 取其精華,去其糟粕, qǔ qí jīng huá, qù qí zāo pò, ㄑㄩˇ ㄑㄧˊ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄏㄨㄚˊ, ㄑㄩˋ ㄑㄧˊ ㄗㄠ ㄆㄛˋ]take the cream, discard the dross (political and educational slogan); keep what is good, discard the rest; You need to be selective when studying.; In modernizing the country, don't accept uncritically all foreign ideas.[Add to Longdo]