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人精

Mandarin · pinyin rén jīng

sophisticate
man with extensive experience
child prodigy
Wunderkind (i.e. brilliant child)
spirit within a person (i.e. blood and essential breath 血氣 of TCM)

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人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
精: jīng · essence; semen; spirit

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2–1 · ren2 jing1

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jan4 zing1

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noun

(dialectal) experienced person
(dialectal) unusually smart child
(dialectal) spirit (of a person)
(dialectal) clever individual

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