强干弱枝 (強幹弱枝) qiáng gān ruò zhī
qiáng gān ruò zhī
set phrase
to strengthen the trunk and weaken the branches
Domain: Idiom 成语
Notes: Quote: from Chapter 12 十指 Ten Orders in Scroll 5 of 春秋繁露 “Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals,” attributed to 董仲舒 Dong Zhongshu 179–104 BCE (retranslated from Dong, Queen, and Major tr. 2016, p. 169; Guoyu '強幹弱枝')
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