"essence" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
精华精華	jīng huá	best feature / most important part of an object / quintessence / essence / soul	syn
精神	jīng shén	spirit / mind / consciousness / thought / mental / psychological / essence / gist / CL:個\|个[ge4]	syn
本质本質	běn zhì	essence / nature / innate character / intrinsic quality	syn
实质實質	shí zhì	substance / essence	syn
性	xìng	nature / character / property / quality / attribute / sexuality / sex / gender / suffix forming adjective from verb / suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity / essence / CL:個\|个[ge4]	syn
精英	jīng yīng	cream / elite / essence / quintessence	syn
内核內核	nèi hé	core (of a fruit) / (fig.) the essence (of a concept or doctrine etc) / (geology) inner core / (computing) kernel	syn
精髓	jīng suǐ	marrow / pith / quintessence / essence	syn
菁华菁華	jīng huá	the cream / essence / the quintessence	syn
真髓	zhēn suǐ	essence
精	jīng	essence / extract / vitality / energy / semen / sperm / mythical goblin spirit / highly perfected / elite / the pick of sth / proficient (refined ability) / extremely (fine) / selected rice (archaic)	syn
脑腦	nǎo	brain / mind / head / essence	syn
素	sù	raw silk / white / plain, unadorned / vegetarian (food) / essence / nature / element / constituent / usually / always / ever	syn
粹	cuì	pure / unmixed / essence	syn

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
理	lǐ	texture / grain (of wood) / inner essence / intrinsic order / reason / logic / truth / science / natural science (esp. physics) / to manage / to pay attention to / to run (affairs) / to handle / to put in order / to tidy up	syn
素质素質	sù zhì	inner quality / basic essence
由表及里由表及裡	yóu biǎo jí lǐ	to proceed from the outside to the inside / to see the essence merely by looking at the superficial appearance
真谛真諦	zhēn dì	the real meaning / the true essence	syn
元神	yuán shén	primordial spirit / fundamental essence of life
鸡精雞精	jī jīng	chicken bouillon powder (PRC) / essence of chicken, concentrated chicken stock sold as a tonic (Tw)
太虚太虛	tài xū	great emptiness / the void / heaven / the skies / universe / cosmos / original essence of the cosmos	syn
国粹國粹	guó cuì	national essence / quintessence of national culture	syn
事物的本质重于外在事物的本質重於外在	shì wù de běn zhì chóng yú wài zài	essence is more important than external appearance / a rose by any other name would smell as sweet
取其精华取其精華	qǔ qí jīng huá	to take the best / to absorb the essence
唯意志论唯意志論	wéi yì zhì lùn	voluntarism / metaphysical view, esp. due to Schopenhauer 叔本華\|叔本华[Shu1 ben3 hua2], that the essence of the world is willpower
实相實相	shí xiàng	actual situation / the ultimate essence of things (Buddhism)
悟入	wù rù	to understand / to comprehend the ultimate essence of things (Buddhism)
房劳房勞	fáng láo	deficiency of kidney essence due to sexual excess (TCM)

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