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English

1. marrow; pith; quintessence; essence
2. essence; quintessence

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 最有代表性、最重要、最珍貴、最好嘅部份

Examples

• 呢句説話就係全篇文章嘅精髓。

  This statement is the essence of the whole article.

• 个人自由是民主的精髓。

  Individual freedom is the soul of democracy.

  Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

• 太可惜了，你一点也不懂它的精髓。

  It's really unfortunate. You don't understand at all its essence.

  Tatoeba · GlossaMatik CC BY

• 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。

  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.

  Tatoeba · madoromi CC BY