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 备用 備用 bèi yòng reserve / spare / alternate / backup 气体 氣體 qì tǐ gas (i.e. gaseous substance) syn 物体 物體 wù tǐ object / body / substance syn 轮流 輪流 lún liú to alternate / to take turns syn 毒物 dú wù poisonous substance / poison syn 变换 變換 biàn huàn to transform / to convert / to vary / to alternate / a transformation syn 候补 候補 hòu bǔ to wait to fill a vacancy / reserve (candidate) / alternate / substitute 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 小号 小號 xiǎo hào trumpet / small size (clothes etc) / (coll.) a number one / a piss / (humble) our store / alternate account (for an Internet forum etc) 相间 相間 xiāng jiàn to alternate / to follow one another 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 穿插 chuān chā to insert / to take turns, alternate / to interweave / to interlace / subplot / interlude / episode / (military) to thrust deep into the enemy forces syn 更替 gēng tì to take over (from one another) / to alternate / to replace / to relay syn 里子 裡子 lǐ zi lining / (fig.) substance (as opposed to outward appearance) 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 更迭 gēng dié to alternate / to change 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 隔天 gé tiān the next day / on alternate days 迭代 dié dài (computing, math.) to iterate / (literary) to alternate 互生 hù shēng alternate leaf arrangement (botany) 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 错 錯 cuò mistake / wrong / bad / interlocking / complex / to grind / to polish / to alternate / to stagger / to miss / to let slip / to evade / to inlay with gold or silver 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 空洞无物 空洞無物 kōng dòng wú wù empty cave, nothing there (idiom) / devoid of substance / nothing new to show syn 掷地有声 擲地有聲 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 syn 言之有物 yán zhī yǒu wù (of one's words) to have substance syn 土牛木马 土牛木馬 tǔ niú mù mǎ clay ox, wooden horse (idiom) / shape without substance / worthless object 风花雪月 風花雪月 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 天然物质 tiān rán wù zhì naturally-occurring substance / natural-occurring substance 列入清单物质 列入清單物質 listed substance / scheduled substance 变文 變文 biàn wén a popular form of narrative literature flourishing in the Tang Dynasty (618-907) with alternate prose and rhymed parts for recitation and singing (often on Buddhist themes) 儵 shù alternate form of 倏 / sudden / abrupt 七言律诗 七言律詩 qī yán lǜ shī verse form consisting of 8 lines of 7 syllables, with rhyme on alternate lines (abbr. to 七律[qi1lu:4]) 互生叶 互生葉 hù shēng yè alternate phyllotaxy (leaf pattern) 外错角 外錯角 wài cuò jiǎo (math.) alternate exterior angles 更卒 gēng zú soldier (serving alternate watch) 错角 錯角 cuò jiǎo (math.) alternate angles 忽冷忽热 忽冷忽熱 hū lěng hū rè now hot, now cold / (of one's mood, affection etc) to alternate 另辟蹊径 另闢蹊徑 lìng pì xī jìng to take an alternate route (idiom) / to find an alternative / to take a different approach / to blaze a new trail 备用频率 alternate frequency 候补法官 hòu bǔ fǎ guān alternate judge 候补鉴证人 hòu bǔ jiàn zhèng rén Alternate Certifying Officer 候补秘书 hòu bǔ mì shū alternate secretary 备用机场 bèi yòng jī chǎng alternate airfield 异地办公 異地辦公 alternate office site 第二回籍假国 第二回籍假國 alternative home leave country / alternate home leave country 替代回籍假国 替代回籍假國 alternative home leave country / alternate home leave country 土地的替代使用 alternate uses of land 负责中美洲和平进程的秘书长个人副代表 負責中美洲和平進程的秘書長個人副代表 Alternate Personal Representative of the Secretary-General for the Central American Peace Process 交替声音数据 交替聲音數據 alternate voice (and) data 其他受款人 alternate payee 多重结局 多重結局 duō chóng jié jú alternate ending / multiple endings 本尊 běn zūn (Buddhism) yidam (one's chosen meditational deity) / the principal object of worship on a Buddhist altar / (of a monk who has the ability to appear in multiple places at the same time) the honored one himself (contrasted with his alternate forms, 分身[fen1 shen1]) / (fig.) (jocular) the genuine article / the real McCoy / the man himself / the woman herself / the original manifestation of sth (not a spin-off or a clone) 备降 備降 bèi jiàng (aviation) to land at an alternate airport 架空历史 架空歷史 jià kōng lì shǐ alternate history / counterfactual history (genre of fiction) 致癌物质 致癌物質 zhì ái wù zhì carcinogen / cancer causing substance 单味药 單味藥 dān wèi yào medicine made from a single herb / drug made from a single substance 四物汤 四物湯 sì wù tāng four-substance decoction (si wu tang), tonic formula used in Chinese medicine 固体物质 固體物質 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 syn 要目 yào mù important substance (of a document) / key section 重形式轻内容 重形式輕內容 zhòng xíng shì qīng nèi róng heavy on form, light on substance / to stress form at the expense of content 危险物质 危險物質 wéi xiǎn wù zhí hazardous substance 致瘾物质 zhì yǐn wù zhì dependence-producing substance 精神药物的俗名 trivial name (of a psychotropic 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 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 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 