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精髓

jīng suǐ

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

精髓 (jīng suǐ) means "marrow; pith; quintessence". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 精髓 means

1. marrow; pith; quintessence; essence

The characters in 精髓

• 精jīngessence; extract; vitality
• 髓suǐ(bound form) bone marrow; (fig.) innermost part; (botany) pith

Example sentences

• 个人自由是民主的精髓。
  Gèrén zìyóu shì mínzhǔ de jīngsuǐ.
  Individual freedom is the soul of democracy.
• 太可惜了，你一点也不懂它的精髓。
  Tài kěxī le, nǐ yīdiǎn yě bù dǒng tā de jīngsuǐ.
  It's really unfortunate. You don't understand at all its essence.
• 喏，这是我的秘密。很简单。只有用心才能看到本质的东西。精髓是眼睛看不见的。
  Nuò, zhè shì wǒ de mìmì. hěn jiǎndān. zhǐ yǒuyòng xīn cáinéng kàn dào běnzhì de dōngxi. jīngsuǐ shì yǎnjing kànbujiàn de.
  And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.

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