"(fig.) substance" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
里子裡子	lǐ zi	lining / (fig.) substance (as opposed to outward appearance)

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
和	huó	to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water / Taiwan pr. [huo4]	syn
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	syn
内容內容	nèi róng	content / substance / details / CL:個\|个[ge4],項\|项[xiang4]	syn
体體	tǐ	body / form / style / system / substance / to experience / aspect (linguistics)	syn
物质物質	wù zhì	matter / substance / material / materialistic / CL:個\|个[ge4]	syn
气体氣體	qì tǐ	gas (i.e. gaseous substance)	syn
物体物體	wù tǐ	object / body / substance	syn
毒物	dú wù	poisonous substance / poison	syn
实体實體	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)	syn
实质實質	shí zhì	substance / essence	syn
开花開花	kāi huā	to bloom / to blossom / to flower / (fig.) to burst / to split open / (fig.) to burst with joy / (fig.) to spring up everywhere / to flourish	syn
热腾腾熱騰騰	rè téng téng	steaming hot / (fig.) bustling / hectic / (fig.) excited / stirred up / (fig.) created only a short time before / freshly minted / hot off the press / (coll.) also pr. [re4 teng1 teng1]	syn
精炼精煉	jīng liàn	to refine (a substance) / to purify / to refine (one's skills, writing etc) / refined / polished / succinct / skilled / capable	syn
定性	dìng xìng	to determine the nature (of sth) / to determine the chemical composition (of a substance) / qualitative	syn
有机物有機物	yǒu jī wù	organic substance / organic matter
油膏	yóu gāo	semi-solid fat-based substance / (medicine) ointment
花里胡哨花裡胡哨	huā li hú shào	gaudy / flashy (but without substance)	syn
不痛不痒不痛不癢	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	syn
换汤不换药換湯不換藥	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	syn
点题點題	diǎn tí	to bring out the main theme / to make the point / to bring out the substance concisely
花架子	huā jià zi	attractive appearance, but without substance
有害物质有害物質	yǒu hài wù zhì	hazardous substance
单质單質	dān zhì	simple substance (consisting purely of one element, such as diamond)
油子	yóu zi	dense and sticky substance / (dialect) wily old fox	syn
虚有其表虛有其表	xū yǒu qí biǎo	looks impressive but is worthless (idiom) / not as good as it looks / a reputation with no substance	syn
药藥	yào	medicine / drug / substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting) / CL:種\|种[zhong3],服[fu4],味[wei4] / to poison	syn
易燃物	yì rán wù	flammable substance	syn
馏餾	liú	to distill / to break a liquid substance up into components by boiling	syn
二元论二元論	èr yuán lùn	dualism, belief that the universe is made of two different substance (e.g. mind and matter or good and evil)
一元论一元論	yī yuán lùn	monism, belief that the universe is made of a single substance
言之无物言之無物	yán zhī wú wù	(of a writing etc) to have no substance (idiom) / to carry no weight	syn
味道	wèi dao	flavor / taste / (fig.) feeling (of ...) / sense (of ...) / hint (of ...) / (fig.) interest / delight / (dialect) smell / odor	syn
规矩規矩	guī ju	lit. compass and set square / fig. established standard / rule / customs / practices / fig. upright and honest / well-behaved	syn
发烧發燒	fā shāo	to have a high temperature (from illness) / to have a fever / (fig.) to be fascinated with / to obsess over / (fig.) flourishing / thriving / popular	syn
目光	mù guāng	gaze / (fig.) attention / expression in one's eyes / look / (lit. and fig.) sight / vision	syn
出轨出軌	chū guǐ	to be derailed / to go off the rails / (fig.) to overstep the bounds / (fig.) to have an extramarital affair
塑造	sù zào	to model / to mold / (fig.) to create (a character, a market, an image etc) / (fig.) (literature) to portray (in words)	syn
搅和攪和	jiǎo huo	to mix / to blend / (fig.) to spoil / to mess up things / (fig.) to run around with (sb) / to get involved with / to mix (with other people)	syn
鱼肉魚肉	yú ròu	flesh of fish / fish and meat / (fig.) victims of oppression / (fig.) to cruelly oppress (i.e. to treat like flesh to be carved up)	syn
走后门走後門	zǒu hòu mén	(lit.) to enter through the back door / (fig.) to pull strings / to use connections / (fig.) (slang) to have anal sex	syn
挂钩掛鉤	guà gōu	to couple / to link / to hook together / (fig.) (preceded by 與\|与[yu3] + {entity}) to establish contact (with {entity}) / (Tw) to collude (with {entity}) / (fig.) to link (marketing efforts with production etc) / to peg (welfare payments to inflation etc) / to tie (remuneration to performance etc) / hook (on which to hang sth) / latch hook / coupling	syn
封顶封頂	fēng dǐng	to put a roof (on a building) / to cap the roof (finishing a building project) / fig. to put a ceiling (on spending, prize, ambition etc) / to top off / fig. to reach the highest point (of growth, profit, interest rates) / to stop growing (of plant bud or branch)
雏儿雛兒	chú ér	newly hatched bird / fig. inexperienced person / fig. chick (slighting term for young woman) / bimbo	syn
遮羞布	zhē xiū bù	loincloth / (fig.) fig leaf / CL:塊\|块[kuai4]	syn
架空	jià kōng	to build (a hut etc) on stilts / to install (power lines etc) overhead / (fig.) unfounded / impractical / (fig.) to make sb a mere figurehead	syn
出笼出籠	chū lóng	(of food) to be taken out of the steamer / (fig.) (often used with 紛紛\|纷纷[fen1 fen1]) (of products, information etc) to appear / to emerge / to come out / (fig.) to dump / to inundate the market
瞻前顾后瞻前顧後	zhān qián gù hòu	lit. to look forward and back (idiom) / fig. to consider carefully / to weigh the pros and cons / fig. to be overcautious and indecisive	syn
松柏	sōng bǎi	pine and cypress / fig. chaste and undefiled / fig. tomb	syn
脱胎脫胎	tuō tāi	to be born / (fig.) to develop out of sth else (of ideas, stories, political systems etc) / (fig.) to shed one's body (to be reborn) / bodiless (e.g. lacquerware)
中招	zhòng zhāo	(martial arts) to get hit / to get taken down / (fig.) to get infected (disease or computer virus) / (fig.) to fall for sb's trap / to be taken in
小白兔	xiǎo bái tù	small white rabbit / (fig.) innocent and naive person / (fig.) (slang) breast
矮化	ǎi huà	(plant pathology) to become stunted / (horticulture) to dwarf / to reduce in size (by pruning, breeding etc) / (fig.) to diminish the status of / to disparage / (fig.) to downplay
熔断熔斷	róng duàn	(of fuse wire) to melt / to blow / (fig.) to halt stock trading / (fig.) to suspend an airline from operating flights on a given route (as a penalty, e.g. for bringing in more than a specified number of passengers who test positive for COVID)	syn
浊流濁流	zhuó liú	turbid flow / muddy waters / fig. a contemptible person / fig. corrupt or disgraceful social trends	syn
下来下來	xià lai	to come down / (completed action marker) / (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.) / (indicates continuation from the past towards us) / to be harvested (of crops) / to be over (of a period of time) / to go among the masses (said of leaders)	syn
带来帶來	dài lái	to bring / (fig.) to bring about / to produce	syn
加油	jiā yóu	to add oil / to top up with gas / to refuel / to accelerate / to step on the gas / (fig.) to make an extra effort / to cheer sb on	syn
套	tào	to cover / to encase / cover / sheath / to overlap / to interleave / to model after / to copy / formula / harness / loop of rope / (fig.) to fish for / to obtain slyly / classifier for sets, collections / bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names) / tau (Greek letter Ττ)	syn
梦想夢想	mèng xiǎng	(fig.) to dream of / dream	syn
淘汰	táo tài	to wash out / (fig.) to cull / to weed out / to eliminate / to die out / to phase out	syn
深	shēn	deep (lit. and fig.)	syn
将军將軍	jiāng jūn	general / high-ranking military officer / to check or checkmate / fig. to embarrass / to challenge / to put sb on the spot	syn
舞台舞臺	wǔ tái	(lit. and fig.) stage / arena	syn
吸血鬼	xī xuè guǐ	leech / bloodsucking vermin / vampire (translated European notion) / fig. cruel exploiter, esp. a capitalist exploiting the workers	syn
不知	bù zhī	not to know / unaware / unknowingly / fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc)
价值價值	jià zhí	value / worth / fig. values (ethical, cultural etc) / CL:個\|个[ge4]	syn
帽子	mào zi	hat / cap / (fig.) label / bad name / CL:頂\|顶[ding3]	syn
空间空間	kōng jiān	space / room / (fig.) scope / leeway / (astronomy) outer space / (physics, math.) space	syn
症癥	zhēng	abdominal tumor / bowel obstruction / (fig.) sticking point	syn
开门開門	kāi mén	to open a door (lit. and fig.) / to open for business
掌握	zhǎng wò	to grasp (often fig.) / to control / to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny) / to master / to know well / to understand sth well and know how to use it / fluency	syn
龙龍	lóng	Chinese dragon / loong / (fig.) emperor / dragon / (bound form) dinosaur	syn
感染	gǎn rǎn	to infect / infection / (fig.) to influence	syn
血液	xuè yè	blood / (fig.) lifeblood	syn
味	wèi	taste / smell / (fig.) (noun suffix) feel / quality / sense / (TCM) classifier for ingredients of a medicine prescription	syn
硬	yìng	hard / stiff / solid / (fig.) strong / firm / resolutely / uncompromisingly / laboriously / with great difficulty / good (quality) / able (person) / (of food) filling / substantial	syn
转移轉移	zhuǎn yí	to shift / to relocate / to transfer / (fig.) to shift (attention) / to change (the subject etc) / (medicine) to metastasize	syn
启动啟動	qǐ dòng	to start (a machine) / (fig.) to set in motion / to launch (an operation) / to activate (a plan)	syn
出局	chū jú	(of a batter) to be put out (in baseball) / to be dismissed (in cricket) / (of a player or team) to be eliminated from a competition / (fig.) to be weeded out / to get the chop (in a competitive environment)
头脑頭腦	tóu nǎo	brains / mind / skull / (fig.) gist (of a matter) / leader / boss	syn
虫蟲	chóng	lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures / CL:條\|条[tiao2],隻\|只[zhi1] / (fig.) person with a particular undesirable characteristic	syn
白色	bái sè	white / fig. reactionary / anti-communist	syn
森	sēn	(bound form) densely wooded / (fig.) (bound form) multitudinous / gloomy / forbidding	syn
做梦做夢	zuò mèng	to dream / to have a dream / fig. illusion / fantasy / pipe dream	syn
背景	bèi jǐng	background / backdrop / context / (fig.) powerful backer / CL:種\|种[zhong3]	syn
材料	cái liào	(raw) material / data / (fig.) person who has the potential to do the job	syn
起飞起飛	qǐ fēi	(of an aircraft or rocket) to take off / to lift off / (fig.) (of an enterprise etc) to start to develop rapidly	syn
角落	jiǎo luò	corner (of a room, courtyard etc) / (fig.) remote spot / nook	syn
动力動力	dòng lì	motive power / (fig.) motivation / impetus
提起	tí qǐ	to mention / to bring up / (lit. and fig.) to lift / to raise / to initiate (legal proceedings)	syn
刷	shuā	a brush / to paint / to daub / to brush / to scrub / (fig.) to remove / to eliminate (from a contest) / to fire (from a job) / (onom.) swish / rustle / to swipe (a card) / to scroll on (a phone) / (gaming) to grind / to farm (for experience points, equipment, levels etc)	syn
把握	bǎ wò	to grasp (also fig.) / to seize / to hold / assurance / certainty / sure (of the outcome)	syn
钓鱼釣魚	diào yú	to fish (with line and hook) / to angle / (fig.) to entrap / (Tw) to repeatedly nod one's head while dozing	syn
环节環節	huán jié	(zoology) segment (of the body of a worm, centipede etc) / (fig.) a part of an integrated whole: aspect (of a project), element (of a policy), sector (of the economy), stage (of a process) etc	syn
身后身後	shēn hòu	the time after one's death / a place behind sb / (fig.) one's social background	syn
出场出場	chū chǎng	(of a performer) to come onto the stage to perform / (of an athlete) to enter the arena to compete / (fig.) to enter the scene (e.g. a new product) / (of an examinee etc) to leave the venue	syn
复活復活	fù huó	to revive / (lit. and fig.) to come back to life / (religion) resurrection	syn
玩偶	wán ǒu	toy figurine / action figure / stuffed animal / doll / (fig.) sb's plaything	syn
风暴風暴	fēng bào	storm / violent commotion / fig. crisis (e.g. revolution, uprising, financial crisis etc)	syn

The four tones

"(fig.) substance" Chinese-English Dictionary

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