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 来去无踪 來去無蹤 lái qù wú zōng come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom) / to come and leave without a trace 来无影，去无踪 來無影，去無蹤 lái wú yǐng , qù wú zōng lit. come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom) / to come and go without a trace 素面朝天 sù miàn cháo tiān lit. to present oneself confidently to the emperor, without makeup (as did the sister of Yang Guifei 楊貴妃|杨贵妃[Yang2 Gui4 fei1]) (idiom) / fig. (of a woman) to show one's natural features, without makeup / to present oneself just as one is, without artifice 花架子 huā jià zi attractive appearance, but without substance 花里胡哨 花裡胡哨 huā li hú shào gaudy / flashy (but without 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 本名 běn míng original name / real name / (of foreigners) first name / given name 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 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 精神药物的俗名 trivial name (of a psychotropic substance) 直呼其名 zhí hū qí míng (idiom) to address sb directly by name / to address sb by name without using an honorific title (indicating familiarity or overfamiliarity) 偷拍 tōu pāi to take a picture of a person without permission or without their knowledge 直达 直達 zhí dá to reach (a place) directly / (transportation) to reach the destination without changing service or without stopping / (of a train, flight etc) direct / nonstop syn 无望 無望 wú wàng without hope / hopeless / without prospects 径自 徑自 jìng zì without leave / without consulting anyone syn 平添 píng tiān to add or gain sth without additional effort / to add sth without good cause syn 不劳而获 不勞而獲 bù láo ér huò (idiom) to reap without sowing / to get sth without working for it / to sponge off others syn 顺产 順產 shùn chǎn to give birth without complications / easy childbirth / safe delivery / natural birth (without surgical operation) 空口 kōng kǒu incomplete meal of a single dish / meat or vegetable dish without rice or wine / rice without meat or vegetables 裸机 裸機 luǒ jī hardware-only device / computer without operating system or other software installed / mobile phone or pager without network subscription 不打自招 bù dǎ zì zhāo to confess without being pressed / to make a confession without duress syn 并行不悖 並行不悖 bìng xíng bù bèi to run in parallel without hindrance / not mutually exclusive / two processes can be implemented without conflict 食古不化 shí gǔ bù huà to swallow ancient learning without digesting it (idiom) / to be pedantic without having a mastery of one's subject syn 师出无名 師出無名 shī chū wú míng lit. to go to war without just cause (idiom) / to act without justification syn 不经意间 不經意間 bù jīng yì jiān without paying attention / without noticing / unconsciously / inadvertently 巧妇难为无米之炊 巧婦難為無米之炊 qiǎo fù nán wéi wú mǐ zhī chuī The cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice (idiom) / You won't get anywhere without equipment. 殒身不恤 殞身不恤 yǔn shēn bù xù to die without regrets (idiom) / to sacrifice oneself without hesitation 没头没脸 沒頭沒臉 méi tóu méi liǎn lit. without head, without face (idiom) / fig. frenzily / haphazardly 无的放矢 無的放矢 wú dì fàng shǐ to shoot without aim (idiom) / fig. to speak without thinking / firing blindly / to shoot in the air / a shot in the dark 无风不起浪 無風不起浪 wú fēng bù qǐ làng lit. without wind there cannot be waves (idiom) / there must be a reason / no smoke without fire 一个人 一個人 yī gè rén by oneself (without assistance) / alone (without company) 学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆 學而不思則罔，思而不學則殆 xué ér bù sī zé wǎng , sī ér bù xué zé dài To learn without thinking is confusing, to think without learning is dangerous (Confucius) 空穴来风未必无因 空穴來風未必無因 kòng xué lái fēng wèi bì wú yīn wind does not come from an empty cave without reason / there's no smoke without fire (idiom) 马无夜草不肥，人无外快不富 馬無夜草不肥，人無外快不富 mǎ wú yè cǎo bù féi , rén wú wài kuài bù fù a horse cannot get fat without an extra ration, a man cannot get rich without an extra income (idiom) 缠绵不已 纏綿不已 chán mián bù yǐ to cling without letting go / to pester without end / to cling lovingly to each other 崽卖爷田不心疼 崽賣爺田不心疼 zǎi mài yé tián bù xīn téng lit. the child sells the father's farm without regret (idiom) / fig. to sell one's inheritance without a second thought for how hard one's forebears worked for it 人无横财不富，马无夜草不肥 人無橫財不富，馬無夜草不肥 rén wú hèng cái bù fù , mǎ wú yè cǎo bù féi (saying) a person cannot become wealthy without windfall profits (or ill-gotten gains etc), just as a horse cannot get fat without night feed 光杆司令 光桿司令 guāng gǎn sī lìng commander without any soldiers / (fig.) leader without a team / solo entrepreneur syn 博士买驴 博士買驢 bó shì - mǎi lǘ (idiom) to act like the scholar who wrote at length about buying a donkey without even mentioning the word "donkey" / to write at length without ever getting to the point 白嫖 bái piáo to visit a prostitute without paying / (slang) to consume a service without paying 大名 dà míng famous name / your distinguished name / one's formal personal name / (Japanese history) daimyo syn 约翰 約翰 yuē hàn John (name) / Johan (name) / Johann (name) 大和 dà hé Yamato, an ancient Japanese province, a period of Japanese history, a place name, a surname etc / Daiwa, a Japanese place name, business name etc 学名 學名 xué míng scientific name / Latin name (of plant or animal) / (according to an old system of nomenclature) on entering school life, a formal personal name given to new students 花名 huā míng name of a person on the household register (old) / name on a roster / professional name of a prostitute / pseudonym / nickname 表字 biǎo zì literary name (an alternative name of a person stressing a moral principle) / courtesy name syn 名不副实 名不副實 míng bù fù shí the name does not reflect the reality (idiom) / more in name than in fact / Reality does not live up to the name. / Excellent theory, but the practice does not bear it out. syn 代字 dài zì abbreviated name of an entity (e.g. 皖政, a short name for 安徽省人民政府) / code name / (old) pronoun 内容 內容 nèi róng content / substance / details / CL:個|个[ge4],項|项[xiang4] 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 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 定性 dìng xìng to determine the nature (of sth) / to determine the chemical composition (of a substance) / qualitative syn 有害物质 有害物質 yǒu hài wù zhì hazardous substance 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 和 huó to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water / Taiwan pr. [huo4] syn 有机物 有機物 yǒu jī wù organic substance / organic matter 毒物 dú wù poisonous substance / poison 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 里子 裡子 lǐ zi lining / (fig.) substance (as opposed to outward appearance) 点题 點題 diǎn tí to bring out the main theme / to make the point / to bring out the substance concisely 体 體 tǐ body / form / style / system / substance / to experience / aspect (linguistics) syn 单质 單質 dān zhì simple substance (consisting purely of one element, such as diamond) 油膏 yóu gāo semi-solid fat-based substance / (medicine) ointment 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 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) 易燃物 yì rán wù flammable substance syn 一元论 一元論 yī yuán lùn monism, belief that the universe is made of a single substance 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 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 馏 餾 liú to distill / to break a liquid substance up into components by boiling 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 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 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 