1 wonderful

2 marvelous

3 brilliant

1 spirit

2 mind

3 consciousness

4 thought

5 mental

6 psychological

7 essence

8 gist

9 classifier: 个 gè

1 delicate

2 fine

3 refinement

1 carefully chosen

2 handpicked

3 best of the bunch

4 choice (product)

5 concentration (mining)

6 to concentrate

7 to winnow

1 old but still full of vitality (idiom)

1 a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant (idiom)

1 elite soldiers, ample provisions (idiom); well-prepared forces

2 preparations for war are in an advanced state

1 extensive but not refined (idiom); to know something about everything

2 jack-of-all-trades, master of none

1 to hum and haw (idiom); to mumble as if hiding sth

2 to speak and break off, then start again

3 to hold sth back

1 to swallow clouds and blow out fog (idiom)

2 to blow cigarette or opium smoke