强榦弱枝 (強榦弱枝) qiáng gàn ruò zhī

qiáng gàn ruò zhī set phrase to strengthen the trunk and weaken the branches
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: , Concept:
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 (Amies 2021 tr.; see also Dong, Queen, and Major tr. 2016, p. 169; Guoyu '強幹弱枝')