国粹 (國粹)
guó cuì
Pinyin

Definition

国粹 (國粹)
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guó cuì
  1. national essence
  2. quintessence of national culture

Character Decomposition

Related Words (9)

纯粹
chún cuì
  1. 1 pure
  2. 2 unadulterated
  3. 3 purely
  4. 4 completely
国粹
guó cuì
  1. 1 national essence
  2. 2 quintessence of national culture
纳粹
Nà cuì
  1. 1 Nazi (loanword)
民粹主义
mín cuì zhǔ yì
  1. 1 populism
粹
cuì
  1. 1 pure
  2. 2 unmixed
  3. 3 essence

Sample Sentences

什么？中医是我们的国粹，怎么会有人这么荒谬，要求取消中医呢？
shénme ？zhōngyī shì wǒmen de guócuì ，zénme huì yǒu rén zhème huāngmiù ，yāoqiú qǔxiāo zhōngyī ne ？
What? Traditional Chinese Medicine is the essence of our culture. How could people be so ridiculous! They want to abolish Chinese Medicine?
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汉字这么复杂，小时候不练，以后更不会写了。电脑真是害人不浅，汉字和书法可是国粹啊，就这样丢掉了。
hànzì zhème fùzá ，xiǎo shíhou bù liàn ，yǐhòu gèng bù huì xiě le 。diànnǎo zhēn shì hàirénbùqiǎn ，hànzì hé shūfǎ kěshì guócuì a ，jiù zhèyàng diūdiào le 。
Chinese characters are so complex. If you don't practice them when you're young, you definitely won't be able to write them when you're older. Computers really are very harmful; characters and calligraphy are the essence of our national culture and they're causing us to lose them!
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国粹是不假。但没以前那么盛行了。以前那些有空有闲的人，就爱上戏院。流派也多，各家各派争奇斗艳，可有看头了。
guócuì shì bù jiǎ 。dàn méi yǐqián nàme shèngxíng le 。yǐqián nàxiē yǒu kòng yǒu xián de rén ，jiù ài shàng xìyuàn 。liúpài yě duō ，gèpài zhēngqídòuyàn ，kě yǒu kàntou le 。
It is the quintessence of Chinese culture, but it's just not as in vogue as it used to be. In the past, people with a lot of time for leisure loved going to the theater. There were also a lot of theater schools. Each and every school was in competition with the others to be the best, most glamorous school.
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京剧不是国粹吗？
Jīngjù bùshì guócuì ma ？
But isn't Beijing opera the quintessence of Chinese culture?
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集百家之长，难怪被称之为国粹。
jí bǎi jiā zhī cháng ，nánguài bèi chēngzhīwèi guócuì 。
It's taken the best from so many different kinds. No wonder it's been called the quintessence of Chinese culture.
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