灵性 (líng xìng) — spiritual intelligence; the quality of being sentient or soulful (often of animals or perceptive people)
Definition
灵性 names the soulful, perceptive quality in animals, people, or art — an intuitive sensitivity beyond pure cleverness (聪明). Often used of pets that seem to read emotions or of works that feel alive with spirit.
noun
spiritual intelligencethe quality of being sentient or soulful (often of animals or perceptive people)
Examples
- 灵性。Xùn liàn yǒu sù de jǐng quǎn biǎo xiàn chū jīng rén de líng xìng.Well-trained police dogs display astonishing spiritual intelligence.
- 灵性，。Tā yǎng de māo hěn yǒu líng xìng, hǎo xiàng néng dú dǒng rén de qíng xù.The cat she keeps is very soulful, as if it can read people's emotions.
- 灵性。Zhè fú shān shuǐ huà chōng mǎn le zì rán zhī líng xìng.This landscape painting is filled with the spiritual quality of nature.
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