"Substance" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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内容 nèi róng content / substance / details / CL:個|个[ge4],項|项[xiang4]
物质 wù zhì matter / substance / material / materialistic / CL:個|个[ge4]
实质 shí zhì substance / essence
物体 wù tǐ object / body / substance
实体 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)
里子 lǐ zi lining / (fig.) substance (as opposed to outward appearance)
体 tǐ body / form / style / system / substance / to experience / aspect (linguistics)
含溴物质  bromine(-containing) substance
有害物质 yǒu hài wù zhì hazardous substance
和 huó to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water / Taiwan pr. [huo4]
有机物 yǒu jī wù organic substance / organic matter
毒物 dú wù poisonous substance / poison
不痛不痒 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
点题 diǎn tí to bring out the main theme / to make the point / to bring out the substance concisely
换汤不换药 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
单质 dān zhì simple substance (consisting purely of one element, such as diamond)
花架子 huā jià zi attractive appearance, but without substance
油膏 yóu gāo semi-solid fat-based substance / (medicine) ointment
水 shuǐ water / (after a name) ... River / to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4shui3] and 水性[shui3xing4]) / (coll.) lacking in substance / shoddy / (bound form) additional cost / extra income / classifier for washings of a garment
油子 yóu zi dense and sticky substance / (dialect) wily old fox
虚有其表 xū yǒu qí biǎo looks impressive but is worthless (idiom) / not as good as it looks / a reputation with no substance
二元论 èr yuán lùn dualism, belief that the universe is made of two different substance (e.g. mind and matter or good and evil)
易燃物 yì rán wù flammable substance
一元论 yī yuán lùn monism, belief that the universe is made of a single substance
药 yào medicine / drug / substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting) / CL:種|种[zhong3],服[fu4],味[wei4] / to poison
言之无物 yán zhī wú wù (of a writing etc) to have no substance (idiom) / to carry no weight
馏 liú to distill / to break a liquid substance up into components by boiling
空洞无物 kōng dòng wú wù empty cave, nothing there (idiom) / devoid of substance / nothing new to show
掷地有声 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
言之有物 yán zhī yǒu wù (of one's words) to have substance
土牛木马 tǔ niú mù mǎ clay ox, wooden horse (idiom) / shape without substance / worthless object
风花雪月 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
致癌物质 zhì ái wù zhì carcinogen / cancer causing substance
单味药 dān wèi yào medicine made from a single herb / drug made from a single substance
固体物质 gù tǐ wù zhì solid substance
多孔材料 duō kǒng cái liào multicellular material / spongy substance / porous material
空名 kōng míng vacuous reputation / name without substance / in name only / so-called
空空洞洞 kōng kōng dòng dòng empty / hollow / lacking in substance
要目 yào mù important substance (of a document) / key section
重形式轻内容 zhòng xíng shì qīng nèi róng heavy on form, light on substance / to stress form at the expense of content
危险物质 wéi xiǎn wù zhí hazardous substance
致瘾物质 zhì yǐn wù zhì dependence-producing substance
含碘物质 hán diǎn wù zhì iodine-containing substance
臭氧消耗物质  ozone-depleting compound / ozone-depleting substance
附表开列物质 fù biǎo kāi liè wù zhì Schedule ... substance
受禁物质  banned substance
干扰物质  interfering substance
传染性物质  infectious substance
天然物质 tiān rán wù zhì naturally-occurring substance / natural-occurring substance
容易引起感染的物质  substance liable to cause infection
易于自燃的物质  substance liable to spontaneous combustion
列入蒙特利尔议定书附件A中的物质  substance listed in Annex A to the Montreal Protocol
含硫物质 hán liú wù zhì sulphur-containing substance
未受管制物质 wèi shòu guǎn zhì wù zhì uncontrolled substance
非致瘾物质 fēi zhì yǐn wù zhì non-dependence-producing substance
非法毒品 fēi fǎ dú pǐn illegal substance
受管制物质 shòu guǎn zhì wù zhì controlled substance
食品接触物质  food contact substance
恶臭物质  repugnant substance
首要物质  priority substance
酸化物质 suān huà wù zhì acidifying substance
非政府组织麻醉品和药物滥用问题委员会  NGO Committee on Narcotics and Substance Abuse
化学活性物质  chemically reactive substance
粉末状物质  powdery substance
致酸物质  acid-causing substance
产前药瘾  prenatal substance addiction
列入清单物质  listed substance / scheduled substance
代替物质  alternate substance
药物滥用问题方桉  Programme on Substance Abuse
乙酰化物质  acetylating substance
非政府组织预防药物滥用国际联合会  International Federation of Non-Government Organizations for the Prevention of Drug and Substance Abuse
交叉反应物质  cross-reacting substance
母体物质  parent substance
羊质虎皮 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
行动值 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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