去除

• Pinyin: qù chú
• Hanzi breakdown: 去 = 土 + 厶 (remove/go away); 除 = 阝+ 余 (eliminate/abolish — clearing surplus from a structure)

Meaning

To remove; to eliminate; to get rid of something unwanted from within a whole.

去除杂质 (remove impurities), 去除障碍 (eliminate obstacles), 去除偏见 (rid oneself of bias) are key collocations. More formal than 去掉. Implies removing a part or element from within something larger.

Examples

1. 新型过滤装置能有效去除水中绝大多数有害化学物质与重金属残留。 The new filtration device can effectively remove most harmful chemicals and heavy-metal residues from the water.
2. 医生建议他通过手术去除这处良性肿瘤，以消除后续的健康隐患。 The doctor recommended surgery to remove the benign tumor and eliminate potential health risks down the road.
3. 只有去除思想上的偏见，才能更客观公正地理解不同的文化与观念。 Only by removing prejudice from our thinking can we understand different cultures and ideas more objectively and fairly.

Usage Guide

Context: engineering, medicine, data analysis, philosophy

Tone: neutral

Do Say

• 这款工业清洗剂专为去除机械零部件表面的油污与锈迹而设计，使用效果稳定可靠。(This industrial cleaning agent is specifically designed to remove oil stains and rust from the surfaces of mechanical components, with stable and reliable results.)
• 在进行数据分析之前，必须对原始数据集中的异常值和重复记录进行系统性去除，以确保分析结果的有效性。(Before conducting data analysis, anomalies and duplicate records in the raw dataset must be systematically removed to ensure the validity of the analytical results.)

Don't Say

• 她把旧家具去除了 — use 处理掉 or 搬走了 for physically disposing of old furniture; 去除 implies removing an unwanted element from within something, not discarding a whole object

Origin & History

去 (remove/go away) + 除 (eliminate/abolish) — to remove and eliminate an unwanted element

Cultural Context

Generation: All ages

Social background: Universal