精华 (jīnghuá) — essence; best part

Characters in this word

Strokes: 14
Radical: 米 — rice, millet, grain
Made of: 米 rice, millet, grain 青 blue, green
How it's built: Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Strokes: 6
Radical: 十 — ten, tenth
Made of: 化 to change, to convert, to reform 十 ten, tenth
How it's built: Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

这部纪录片删去了大量枝节，只保留了访谈中最有分量的精华。 Zhè bù jìlùpiàn shānqù le dàliàng zhījié, zhǐ bǎoliú le fǎngtán zhōng zuì yǒu fènliàng de jīnghuá. This documentary removed many side details and kept only the most substantial essence of the interviews.
这本书把几千年的历史精华浓缩在了二十个故事里。 Zhè běn shū bǎ jǐ qiān nián de lìshǐ jīnghuá nóngsuō zài le èrshí ge gùshi lǐ. This book condenses the best of several thousand years of history into twenty stories.
这碗汤是用鸡骨头慢慢熬出来的，精华都在汤里。 Zhè wǎn tāng shì yòng jī gǔtou mànman áo chūlái de, jīnghuá dōu zài tāng lǐ. This soup was slowly simmered from chicken bones, and all the goodness is in the broth.