| 3 essence; gist; spirit: |
| | 传达文件的精神 convey (or pass on) the gist of a document |
| | 贯彻大会的精神 act in the spirit of the congress |
| | 领会社论的精神 try to understand the thrust of an editorial |
| | 译者没有体会原文的精神。 The translator failed to capture the spirit of the original. |
| | 他们想从她那儿打听上头的精神。 They tried to sound her out about the intentions of the higher-ups. |
| | 精神崩溃 psychorrhexis; nervous breakdown |
| | 精神财富 intellectual wealth; spiritual wealth |
| | 精神负担 mental pressure; load on one's mind |
| | 精神鼓励 moral encouragement |
| | 精神贵族 intellectual elite |
| | 精神恍惚 trance; daydream |
| | 精神枷锁 spiritual (or mental) shackles |
| | 精神境界 mental outlook; frame of mind |
| | 精神疗法 psychotherapy |
| | 精神面貌 mental attitude; mental outlook |
| | 精神生活 cultural life |
| | 精神食粮 nourishment for the mind; spiritual sustenance |
| | 精神世界 inner world; mental world |
| | 精神衰弱 【医】 psychasthenia; neuroses |
| | 精神外科 【医】 psychosurgery |
| | 精神污染 spiritual contamination; cultural contamination; ideological pollution |
| | 精神鸦片 mental opiate; mind-dulling |
| | 精神哲学 philosophy of mind |
| | 精神支柱 emotional (or mental) support |
| | 精神治疗 psychotherapy |
| | 精神状态 state of mind; mental outlook |
