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 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 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 可燃性 kě rán xìng flammable / flammability 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 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 易燃物品 yì rán wù pǐn flammable articles 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 可燃液体 kě rán yè tǐ flammable liquid 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 受管制物质 受管制物質 shòu guǎn zhì wù zhì controlled substance 食品接触物质 食品接觸物質 food contact substance 列入蒙特利尔议定书附件A中的物质 列入蒙特利爾議定書附件A中的物質 substance listed in Annex A to the Montreal Protocol 恶臭物质 惡臭物質 repugnant substance 首要物质 首要物質 priority substance 酸化物质 酸化物質 suān huà wù zhì acidifying substance 非政府组织麻醉品和药物滥用问题委员会 非政府組織麻醉品和藥物濫用問題委員會 NGO Committee on Narcotics and Substance Abuse 化学活性物质 化學活性物質 chemically reactive substance 粉末状物质 粉末狀物質 powdery substance 含溴物质 含溴物質 bromine(-containing) substance 致酸物质 致酸物質 acid-causing substance 产前药瘾 產前藥癮 prenatal substance addiction 代替物质 代替物質 alternate substance 药物滥用问题方桉 藥物濫用問題方案 Programme on Substance Abuse 乙酰化物质 乙酰化物質 acetylating substance 非政府组织预防药物滥用国际联合会 非政府組織預防藥物濫用國際聯合會 International Federation of Non-Government Organizations for the Prevention of Drug and Substance Abuse 交叉反应物质 交叉反應物質 cross-reacting substance 母体物质 母體物質 parent substance 羊质虎皮 羊質虎皮 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 syn 行动值 行動值 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) 嚼头 嚼頭 jiáo tou chewiness / (fig.) substance / depth / something to chew on (in a novel, movie etc) 