精

jīng

refined; picked; choice, perfect; excellent, meticulous; fine; precise, smart; sharp; clever; shrewd, skilled; conversant; proficient, essence; extract, energy; spirit, sperm; semen; seed, goblin; spirit; demon

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essence; extractive; perfect; refined; skilled; spirit

【医】 anima

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extract; extractive

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jīng

adj. rectified, skilful, skillful, proficient, prepared, picked, refined, shelled, excellent, splendid, perfect, seminal, precise, fine, exquisite, smart, sharp, shrewd, skilled

jīng

n. essence, daemon, incubus, fiend, python, import, inbeing, inwardness, virtuality, whatness, extract, demon

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jing1

essence, extract, vitality, energy, semen, sperm, mythical goblin spirit, highly perfected, elite, the pick of sth, proficient (refined ability), extremely (fine), selected rice (archaic)

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精

jīng

形

（经过提炼或挑选的） refined; picked; choice:

精白米 polished white rice;

精金 fine gold;

精盐 refined salt

（完美; 最好） perfect; excellent:

精良 excellent; superior; of the best quality;

少而精 smaller quantity, better quality; fewer but better

（细） meticulous; fine; precise:

这花瓶工艺很精。 This vase is a piece of exquisite workmanship.

（机灵心细） smart; sharp; clever; shrewd:

小算盘打得精 be selfish and calculating;

他这人很精， 不会错过这个机会的。 He is too smart not to jump at the chance.

（精通） skilled; conversant; proficient:

博而不精 have wide but not expert knowledge; know something about everything;

精于绘画 skilled in painting

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（提炼出来的精华） essence; extract:

薄荷 (松香)精 essence of mint (resin);

玫瑰 (麦芽)精 extract of roses (malt);

去粗取精 discard the dross and select the essence;

鱼肝油精 cod-liver oil extract

（精神; 精力） energy; spirit:

聚精会神 concentrate one's attention; be all attention;

无精打采 in low spirits; out of sorts;

养精蓄锐 conserve strength and store up energy

（精液; 精子） sperm; semen; seed:

受精 fertilization;

遗精 emission

（精怪; 精灵） goblin; spirit; demon:

白骨精 White Bone Demon;

害人精 ogre; mischief-maker;

蛇精 snake spirit

{中医} the fundamental substance which maintains the functioning of the body; essence of life

副

(方) （十分; 非常） extremely; very:

精湿 soaked through;

精瘦 very lean; all skin and bone

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精|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)