







举要删芜 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to highlight the essentials and eliminate the superfluous”. To grasp the main points and discard irrelevant details (especially in writing or speaking). Literally, “Select the essentials, remove the superfluous”.

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Open the tool →举要删芜 (jǔ yào shān wú) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to highlight the essentials and eliminate the superfluous”.
举要删芜 is pronounced jǔ yào shān wú in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 举要删芜 means “Select the essentials, remove the superfluous”. It is used to mean “to highlight the essentials and eliminate the superfluous”.
要:主要部分。芜:杂乱。选取重要的,删除杂乱的、没有条理的。多指写文章时应抓住重点。