The basic essence of the traditional Chinese culture is humanism.

中国传统文化的基本特质是人文主义。

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We had sacrificed our happiness and our health," he says. "In chasing money, we had forgotten the basic essence of life."

我们是在拿自己的幸福和健康下赌注，”他说，“我们忙于追逐金钱，却遗忘了生活的本质所在”。

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But beyond "the Search for the Lost Chord" - or the scientific rational of how or why music can change mood - music is at its most basic essence recorded emotion.

但是，在《寻找失落的和弦》——或音乐如何或为何能改变情绪的科学解释之外，音乐最本质的东西是记录情感。

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Most cancers are the result of unusual changes in your DNA. Chromosomes break and leak into each other, for example, changing a gene's basic essence and sometimes triggering abnormal growth.

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Tapio Wirkkala's wafer-thin laminated wood bowls and fluid, flaring glass, and the objects of art and manufacture of Timo Sarpaneva, Kaj Franck and other Finnish architects and artisans prove once again that the intrinsic quality of materials reduced to their most basic, sensuous essence, shaped by the creative imagination of an artist, beats all the kitsch in the world.

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In essence, the basic principles of the game are very simple.

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