Discard the treasure and pick up the gravel

Discard the treasure and pick up the gravel

As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is Q ì Qi ó ngsh í L ì, which means to discard the precious and pick up the useless. It comes from baopuzi Boyu by Ge Hong of Jin Dynasty.

Idiom explanation

It means discarding the precious and picking up the useless. Joan, beautiful jade; gravel, rubble.

Idiom usage

As a predicate, attribute, etc

The origin of Idioms

In baopuzi Boyu, written by Ge Hong of Jin Dynasty, it is said that "those who donate tea and Artemisia will have no knowledge of sweetness; those who discard jade and pick up debris will have no knowledge of treasure."