Examples
gè rén个人zì yóu自由shì是mín zhǔ民主de的jīng suǐ精髓。
个人自由是民主的精髓。
Individual freedom is the soul of democracy.
太可惜了，你一点也不懂它的精髓。
It's really unfortunate. You don't understand at all its essence.
喏，这是我的秘密。很简单。只有用心才能看到本质的东西。精髓是眼睛看不见的。
And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.