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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *性* | 性* | *性
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
HSK 3
spirit / mind / consciousness / thought / mental / psychological / essence / gist / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
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  *理* | 理* | *理
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
HSK 6
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  *精* | 精* | *精
essence / extract / vitality / energy / semen / sperm / mythical goblin spirit / highly perfected / elite / the pick of sth / proficient (refined ability) / extremely (fine) / selected rice (archaic)
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *素* | 素* | *素
raw silk / white / plain, unadorned / vegetarian (food) / essence / nature / element / constituent / usually / always / ever
HSK 7-9
marrow; pith; quintessence; essence
HSK 7-9
essence / nature / innate character / intrinsic quality
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *脑* | 脑* | *脑
brain / mind / head / essence
substance / essence
HSK 7-9
inner quality / basic essence
HSK 6
cream / elite / essence / quintessence
HSK 7-9
best feature / most important part of an object / quintessence / essence / soul
HSK 7-9
national essence / quintessence of national culture
the real meaning / the true essence
primordial spirit / fundamental essence of life
to take the best / to absorb the essence
core (of a fruit) / (fig.) the essence (of a concept or doctrine etc) / (geology) inner core / (computing) kernel
actual situation / the ultimate essence of things (Buddhism)
the cream / essence / the quintessence
voluntarism / metaphysical view, esp. due to Schopenhauer 叔本華|叔本华, that the essence of the world is willpower
great emptiness / the void / heaven / the skies / universe / cosmos / original essence of the cosmos
deficiency of kidney essence due to sexual excess (TCM)
seasoning / condiment / flavoring / dressing / essences
essence
to understand / to comprehend the ultimate essence of things (Buddhism)
chicken bouillon powder (PRC) / essence of chicken, concentrated chicken stock sold as a tonic (Tw)
seasoning / condiment / flavoring / dressing / essences
to proceed from the outside to the inside / to see the essence merely by looking at the superficial appearance
seasoning / condiment / flavoring / dressing / essences
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *粹* | 粹* | *粹
pure / unmixed / essence


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