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 自 zì (bound form) self / oneself / from / since / naturally / as a matter of course syn 自然 zì rán nature / natural / naturally 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 大脚 大腳 dà jiǎo naturally-formed feet (as opposed to bound feet 小腳|小脚[xiao3 jiao3]) / long kick (soccer) / Bigfoot (mythological animal) 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 水到渠成 shuǐ dào qú chéng lit. where water flows, a canal is formed (idiom) / fig. when conditions are right, success will follow naturally 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 阶段性 階段性 jiē duàn xìng specific to a particular stage (of a project etc) / interim (policy etc) / occurring in stages / phased 此起彼伏 cǐ qǐ bǐ fú up here, down there (idiom) / to rise and fall in succession / no sooner one subsides, the next arises / repeating continuously / occurring again and again (of applause, fires, waves, protests, conflicts, uprisings etc) 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 那是 nà shi (coll.) of course / naturally / indeed 责任事故 責任事故 zé rèn shì gù accident occurring due to negligence 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 未有 wèi yǒu is not / has never been / never occurring / unprecedented 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) 儿 rén variant of 人[ren2] / "person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 10), occurring in 兒, 兀, 兄 etc syn 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 厂 hǎn "cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 27), occurring in 原, 历, 压 etc 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 广 yǎn "house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etc 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 匚 fāng "right open box" radical (Kangxi radical 22), occurring in 区, 医, 匹 etc 殳 shū bamboo or wooden spear / Kangxi radical 79, occurring in 段[duan4], 毅[yi4], 殺|杀[sha1] etc 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 技术增强天然放射性材料 技術增強天然放射性材料 technologically-enhanced naturally-occurring radioactive material 天然放射性材料 tiān rán fàng shè xìng cái liào naturally-occurring radioactive material 列入清单物质 列入清單物質 listed substance / scheduled substance 演替 yǎn tì succession (of changes in an ecological community) / naturally evolving sequence syn 无做作 無做作 wú zuò zuo unaffected (i.e. behaving naturally) 自然吸气式发动机 自然吸氣式發動機 naturally-aspirated engine 非增压式发动机 非增壓式發動機 naturally-aspirated engine 天然制冷剂倡议 tiān rán zhì lěng jì chàng yì Refrigerants, Naturally! 天然生长 天然生長 tiān rán shēng zhǎng naturally grown 供石 gōng shí scholar's rock (one of the naturally-eroded, fantastically-shaped rocks put on display indoors or in gardens in China) 想当然尔 想當然爾 xiǎng dāng rán ěr to take sth as given / to assume / as one would expect / naturally 天生丽质 天生麗質 tiān shēng - lì zhì (idiom) to be naturally beautiful / to be born beautiful syn 率性 shuài xìng to act naturally, authentically and spontaneously (whether seen as admirable – "bold" – or problematic – "impulsive") 自然醒 zì rán xǐng to wake up naturally (without an alarm) 宀 mián "roof" radical (Kangxi radical 40), occurring in 家, 定, 安 etc, referred to as 寶蓋|宝盖[bao3 gai4] 冫 bīng "ice" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 15), occurring in 冰[bing1], 次[ci4] etc, known as 兩點水|两点水[liang3 dian3 shui3] 冖 mì "cover" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 14), occurring in 軍|军[jun1], 冠[guan1] etc, known as 禿寶蓋|秃宝盖[tu1 bao3 gai4] or 平寶蓋|平宝盖[ping2 bao3 gai4] 廴 yǐn "long stride" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 54), occurring in 建, 延, 廷 etc 冂 jiōng radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 13), occurring in 用[yong4], 同[tong2], 網|网[wang3] etc, referred to as 同字框[tong2 zi4 kuang4] 交并 交併 jiāo bìng occurring simultaneously 侧刀旁 側刀旁 cè dāo páng name of the lateral "knife" radical 刂[dao1] in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 18), occurring in 到[dao4], 利[li4], 別|别[bie2] etc 氵 shuǐ "water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85), occurring in 沒|没[mei2], 法[fa3], 流[liu2] etc / see also 三點水|三点水[san1 dian3 shui3] 立刀旁 lì dāo páng name of the lateral "knife" radical 刂[dao1] in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 18), occurring in 到[dao4], 利[li4], 別|别[bie2] etc 扌 shǒu "hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc 纟 糹 sī "silk" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 120), occurring in 紅|红[hong2], 綠|绿[lu:4], 累[lei4] etc / also pr. [mi4] 龶 xx component in Chinese characters, occurring in 青, 毒, 素 etc, referred to as 青字頭|青字头[qing1 zi4 tou2] 灬 huǒ "fire" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 86), occurring in 熙, 然, 熊 etc 双节 雙節 shuāng jié combined Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day (occurring when the Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋節|中秋节[Zhong1 qiu1 jie2] falls on October 1st, as in 1982, 2001 and 2020) / binodal / two-section 大面积 大面積 dà miàn jī large area / (fig.) (of a problem) (occurring) on a massive scale 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 