The beauty of the world, the paragon of animals and yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust?

宇宙之华，万物之灵,但对于我，这尘土的精华又算得了什么？

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It's a microcosm. It is a distillation or quintessence.

是真实世界的缩影，也是精华和本质的东西。

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