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精华

jīng huá

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 精華

精华 (jīng huá) means "best feature; most important part of an object; quintessence". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 精华 means

1. best feature
2. most important part of an object
3. quintessence
4. essence
5. soul

The characters in 精华

• 精jīngessence; extract; vitality
• 华huámagnificent; splendid; flowery

Example sentences

• 这才是美国真正的精华——美国能够改变。我们的联邦会日渐完美。我们现在已取得的成就为我们将来能够取得和必须取得的成就增添了希望。
  Zhè cái shì Měiguó zhēnzhèng de jīnghuá —— Měiguó nénggòu gǎibiàn. wǒmen de liánbāng huì rìjiàn wánměi. wǒmen xiànzài yǐ qǔdé de chéngjiù wèi wǒmen jiānglái nénggòu qǔdé hé bìxū qǔdé de chéngjiù zēngtiān le xīwàng.
  That's the true genius of America; that America can change. Our Union can be perfected. What we've already achieved gives us hope for what we can and must achieve tomorrow.

Words containing 精华

• 取其精华qǔ qí jīng huáto take the best; to absorb the essence
• 取其精华，去其糟粕qǔ qí jīng huá , qù qí zāo pòtake the cream, discard the dross (political and educational slogan)…

Sounds the same

Read jīng huá, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 菁华the cream; essence; the quintessence

Where 精华 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · jīng–jìn (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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