"chaff" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 糠
• 无价值的东西

Definition

比如小麦等谷物的干燥外壳，在加工过程中去除；也比喻没有价值或不重要的东西。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

可用于字面（农业领域）或比喻（指无价值的东西）。常用短语“分清良莠”（优劣），日常生活中不常用，主要见于专业或比喻场合。

Examples

Farmers remove the chaff from the wheat before selling it.

农民在出售小麦前会去除**糠**。

The wind blew away the chaff, leaving the seeds behind.

风把**糠**吹走，只剩下种子。

We should separate the useful facts from the chaff.

我们应该把有用的信息和**糠**区分开。

Don't worry about their criticism—it's just chaff.

别在意他们的批评——那不过是些**无价值的东西**。

It takes a while, but you'll learn to tell the wheat from the chaff.

这需要时间，但你会学会分清优劣（分辨好坏）。

There's so much information online; sometimes it feels impossible to sort the chaff from the important stuff.

网上信息太多了，有时很难将**无价值的东西**和重要内容区分开。