tinh túy
Definition
- Noun:
- Essence / Quintessence: The purest, most concentrated, and most valuable part or aspect of something, representing its core nature or highest quality.
- Best part / Cream: The most refined and excellent part extracted from a larger whole.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Ca dao là tinh túy của văn học dân gian Việt Nam. (Folk poetry is the essence of Vietnamese folk literature.)
- Anh ấy đã đúc kết tinh túy của cả cuốn sách vào một bài giảng. (He distilled the quintessence of the entire book into one lecture.)
- Tinh thần đoàn kết là tinh túy của văn hóa dân tộc. (The spirit of solidarity is the core of the national culture.)
Advanced Usage
- The word is often used in formal, literary, or academic contexts to describe the abstract, invaluable core of intellectual, cultural, or spiritual traditions.
- It can be used metaphorically to describe the fundamental principle or most admirable quality of a person's character or thought.
Variants and Related Words
- Tinh hoa (n): Elite, cream, quintessence. Often used interchangeably with , but can sometimes imply a distinguished, selected group (e.g., - intellectual elite).
- Cốt lõi (n): Core, crux, essence. Focuses more on the fundamental, indispensable part, often of an idea or argument.
- Phần tinh túy (n phrase): The essential part.
Synonyms
- Essence: The intrinsic nature or indispensable quality of something.
- Quintessence: The most perfect or typical example of a quality or class; the purest and most concentrated form.
- Core: The central or most important part.
- Marrow: The most vital or essential part.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- Chắt lọc tinh túy: To distill/extract the essence.
- Người nghệ sĩ phải biết chắt lọc tinh túy từ cuộc sống. (An artist must know how to distill the essence from life.)
- Tinh túy dân tộc: The quintessence of the nation.
- Áo dài được xem là chứa đựng tinh túy dân tộc. (The áo dài is considered to embody the quintessence of the nation.)