Discard the writing and preserve the quality
The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Q ì w é NC ú nzh ì, which means to keep the original intention without ornament. It comes from the general history of China.
The origin of Idioms
Fan Wenlan's general history of China, Part 3, Chapter 1, section 5: "they pioneered the idea of abandoning the writing and preserving the quality, and keeping the original literal translation method, which was followed by later translators."
Idiom usage
Used as a predicate or attributive; used in writing.
Chinese PinYin : qì wén cún zhì
Discard the writing and preserve the quality
men of talent come out in succession. rén cái bèi chū
to return a thing intact to its owner. quán bì guī zhào
settle accounts with sb. afterwards. qiū hòu suàn zhàng