Gather the best
Pinyin, Chinese idioms, Pinyin is Du, J, ngxi, Hu, which means to select the essence of things. It's from the preface to the plaintext case.
Idiom usage
To act as a predicate or attributive
The origin of Idioms
Huang Zongxi's preface to the plaintext case in the Qing Dynasty: "Wenxuan focuses on rhetoric, with a little knowledge and a little understanding, and the writers are partial to hegemony; Wencui focuses on the essence, and advocates the trace selection; Wenjian focuses on political affairs, but does not mean the text."
Gather the best
play up to people of power and influence - tuō fèng pān lóng