精 髓

jīngsuǐ

“Marrow” in Chinese is 精髓 (jīngsuǐ).

Meaning

marrow; pith; quintessence; essence

Example

个人自由是民主的精髓。

Individual freedom is the soul of democracy.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

jīngHSK 314 strokesessence suǐHSK 7-921 strokesbone marrow; (fig.) innermost part

More HSK 7-9 words

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