by cutting out the superfluous

by cutting out the superfluous

In Chinese idioms, Pinyin is sh ā NF á NJI ù Ji ǎ n, which means to delete the complicated part and make it more concise. It comes from the book of poetry in the past dynasties.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] concise and to the point, and [antonym] lengthy

The origin of Idioms

"The method of quatrains should be graceful and roundabout, and it should be simple if it is deleted."

Idiom usage

Serial verb; predicate; commendatory. Wang Yangming's chuanxilu I: "cut out the complicated and simplify it, and learn from it." the content of this article is very good, and it would be better if it could be continued. The trees in the three autumn period are new, and the flowers in February are new. (couplets by Zheng Xie in Qing Dynasty)