"Substance" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 nèi róng content / substance / details / CL:個|个[ge4],項|项[xiang4]
 wù zhì matter / substance / material / materialistic / CL:個|个[ge4]
 shí zhì substance / essence
 wù tǐ object / body / substance
 shí tǐ entity / substance / thing that has a material existence (as opposed to a conceptual, virtual or online existence) / the real thing (as opposed to an image or model of it)
 lǐ zi lining / (fig.) substance (as opposed to outward appearance)
 tǐ body / form / style / system / substance / to experience / aspect (linguistics)
  bromine(-containing) substance
 yǒu hài wù zhì hazardous substance
 huó to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water / Taiwan pr. [huo4]
 yǒu jī wù organic substance / organic matter
 dú wù poisonous substance / poison / toxin / venom
 bù tòng bù yǎng lit. doesn't hurt, doesn't tickle (idiom) / sth is wrong, but not quite sure what / fig. not getting to any matter of substance / scratching the surface / superficial / perfunctory
 diǎn tí to bring out the main theme / to make the point / to bring out the substance concisely
 huàn tāng bù huàn yào different broth but the same old medicine (idiom) / a change in name only / a change in form but not in substance
 dān zhì simple substance (consisting purely of one element, such as diamond)
 huā jià zi attractive appearance, but without substance
 róng zhì dissolved substance / material in solution
 yóu zi dense and sticky substance / (dialect) wily old fox
 xū yǒu qí biǎo looks impressive but is worthless (idiom) / not as good as it looks / a reputation with no substance
 èr yuán lùn dualism, belief that the universe is made of two different substance (e.g. mind and matter or good and evil)
 yì rán wù flammable substance
 yī yuán lùn monism, belief that the universe is made of a single substance
 yào medicine / drug / substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting) / CL:種|种[zhong3],服[fu4],味[wei4] / to poison
 yán zhī wú wù (of a writing etc) to have no substance (idiom) / to carry no weight
 liú to distill / to break a liquid substance up into components by boiling
 kōng dòng wú wù empty cave, nothing there (idiom) / devoid of substance / nothing new to show
 zhì dì yǒu shēng lit. if thrown on the floor, it will make a sound (idiom) / fig. (of one's words) powerful and resonating / to have substance
 yán zhī yǒu wù (of one's words) to have substance
 tǔ niú mù mǎ clay ox, wooden horse (idiom) / shape without substance / worthless object
 fēng huā xuě yuè wind, flower, snow and moon, trite poetry subject (idiom) / effete language without substance / love affair / romance is in the air / dissipated life
 zhì ái wù zhì carcinogen / cancer causing substance
 dān wèi yào medicine made from a single herb / drug made from a single substance
 gù tǐ wù zhì solid substance
 duō kǒng cái liào multicellular material / spongy substance / porous material
 kōng míng vacuous reputation / name without substance / in name only / so-called
 kōng kōng dòng dòng empty / hollow / lacking in substance
 yào mù important substance (of a document) / key section
 zhòng xíng shì qīng nèi róng heavy on form, light on substance / to stress form at the expense of content
 wéi xiǎn wù zhí hazardous substance
 zhì yǐn wù zhì dependence-producing substance
 hán diǎn wù zhì iodine-containing substance
  ozone-depleting compound / ozone-depleting substance
 fù biǎo kāi liè wù zhì Schedule ... substance
  banned substance
  interfering substance
  infectious substance
 tiān rán wù zhì naturally-occurring substance / natural-occurring substance
  substance liable to cause infection
  substance liable to spontaneous combustion
A中  substance listed in Annex A to the Montreal Protocol
 hán liú wù zhì sulphur-containing substance
 wèi shòu guǎn zhì wù zhì uncontrolled substance
 fēi zhì yǐn wù zhì non-dependence-producing substance
 fēi fǎ dú pǐn illegal substance
 shòu guǎn zhì wù zhì controlled substance
  food contact substance
  repugnant substance
  priority substance
 suān huà wù zhì acidifying substance
  NGO Committee on Narcotics and Substance Abuse
  chemically reactive substance
  powdery substance
  acid-causing substance
  prenatal substance addiction
  listed substance / scheduled substance
  alternate substance
  Programme on Substance Abuse
  acetylating substance
  International Federation of Non-Government Organizations for the Prevention of Drug and Substance Abuse
  cross-reacting substance
  parent substance
 yáng zhì hǔ pí lit. the heart of a sheep in the skin of a tiger (idiom) / fig. impressive in appearance but lacking in substance / braggart
 xíng dòng zhí (gaming) action points (points required to complete an action) / (Tw) action level (the level of concentration of a harmful substance at which remedial action is considered necessary)
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