有色 yǒu sè colored / non-white / non-ferrous (metals) syn 材质 材質 cái zhì texture of timber / quality of material / material (that sth is made of) syn 加料 jiā liào to feed in / to load (raw material, supplies, fuel etc) / to supply / fortified (with added material) 物欲 wù yù material desire / craving for material things 熟料 shú liào worked material / chamotte (refractory ceramic material) syn 儿 兒 r non-syllabic diminutive suffix / retroflex final syn 资料 資料 zī liào material / resources / data / information / profile (Internet) / CL:份[fen4],個|个[ge4] syn 非 fēi to not be / not / wrong / incorrect / non- / un- / in- / de- / to reproach / to blame / (coll.) to insist on / simply must syn 物质 物質 wù zhì matter / substance / material / materialistic / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 材料 cái liào (raw) material / data / (fig.) person who has the potential to do the job syn 废物 廢物 fèi wù rubbish / waste material / useless person syn 专辑 專輯 zhuān jí album / record (music) / special collection of printed or broadcast material syn 爱人 愛人 ài ren spouse (PRC) / lover (non-PRC) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 炸药 炸藥 zhà yào explosive (material) syn 福利 fú lì material benefit / benefit in kind / (social) welfare syn 曝光 pù guāng exposure (e.g. of photosensitive material) / to expose (a scandal to the public) syn 物证 物證 wù zhèng material evidence 管制 guǎn zhì to control / to restrict / (PRC law) non-custodial sentence with specified restrictions on one's activities for up to 3 years (e.g. not to participate in demonstrations) syn 内幕 內幕 nèi mù inside story / non-public information / behind the scenes / internal syn 原料 yuán liào raw material syn 浓度 濃度 nóng dù concentration (percentage of dissolved material in a solution) / consistency / thickness / density / viscosity syn 器材 qì cái equipment / material syn 改头换面 改頭換面 gǎi tóu huàn miàn to change outwardly while remaining essentially the same (derog.) (idiom) / (Tw) (non-derogatory) to change considerably / to undergo a transformation syn 民间 民間 mín jiān among the people / popular / folk / non-governmental / involving people rather than governments 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 素材 sù cái source material (in literature and art) syn 布料 bù liào fabric / cloth / material (for making clothing, curtains etc) syn 混凝土 hùn níng tǔ concrete (building material) syn 残留物 殘留物 cán liú wù remnant / residue / material left over 分量 fèn liang quantity / weight / measure / (fig.) weight (importance, prestige, authority etc) / (of written material) density syn 存货 存貨 cún huò stock / inventory (of material) 旁观 旁觀 páng guān spectator / non-participant syn 爆炸物 bào zhà wù explosive (material) 废品 廢品 fèi pǐn production rejects / seconds / scrap / discarded material syn 笑料 xiào liào comedic material / (in reference to a person) laughingstock / butt of jokes syn 读物 讀物 dú wù reading material 塑像 sù xiàng to sculpt or mold a statue (by shaping a pliable material such as clay, plaster or wax, which may later be cast in metal – as distinct from carving in stone or wood) / a statue created through such a process syn 老化 lǎo huà (of a person, population or material) to age / (of knowledge) to become outdated 脱胎换骨 脫胎換骨 tuō tāi huàn gǔ to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom) / born again Daoist / to turn over a new leaf / fig. to change wholly / to create from other material (story, artwork etc) syn 火种 火種 huǒ zhǒng tinder / source of a fire / inflammable material / (fig.) spark (of a revolution etc) 柴火 chái huo plant material used as fuel (firewood, straw, leaves etc) syn 文献 文獻 wén xiàn reference material (used in scholarly study) 清高 qīng gāo noble and virtuous / aloof from politics and material pursuits syn 料子 liào zi material syn 实物 實物 shí wù material object / concrete object / original object / in kind / object for practical use / definite thing / reality / matter (physics) syn 实质性 實質性 shí zhì xìng substantive / substantial / material / considerable 隔热 隔熱 gé rè to insulate thermally / insulating (material, effect etc) 有形 yǒu xíng material / tangible / visible / shapely 面料 miàn liào material for making clothes / CL:塊|块[kuai4] syn 衣料 yī liào material for clothing syn 教材 jiào cái teaching material / CL:本[ben3] syn 实惠 實惠 shí huì tangible benefit / material advantages / cheap / economical / advantageous (deal) / substantial (discount) syn 附属品 附屬品 fù shǔ pǐn accessory / affiliated material / adjunct 会话 會話 huì huà (language learning) conversation / dialog / to converse (in a non-native language) / (computing) session / CL:個|个[ge4],次[ci4] syn 铺平 鋪平 pū píng to spread out (material) / to pave (the way, a road etc) syn 轻重缓急 輕重緩急 qīng zhòng huǎn jí slight or important, urgent or non-urgent (idiom) / to deal with important matters first / sense of priority syn 异己 異己 yì jǐ dissident / alien / outsider / non-self / others syn 老外 lǎo wài (coll.) foreigner (esp. non Asian person) / layman / amateur syn 华裔 華裔 huá yì ethnic Chinese / non-Chinese citizen of Chinese ancestry syn 取材 qǔ cái to collect material 填料 tián liào packing material 浅显 淺顯 qiǎn xiǎn (of written or spoken material) easy to understand / accessible syn 蓝本 藍本 lán běn blueprint / source material on which later works (books, movies etc) are based syn 钢材 鋼材 gāng cái steel (as raw material) / steel sheets, bars, tubes, ingots, wire etc syn 抽调 抽調 chōu diào to transfer (personnel or material) 副食品 fù shí pǐn non-staple foods / (Tw) solids (food for infants other than breast milk and formula) syn 派生 pài shēng to produce (from sth else) / to derive (from raw material) / derivative 平滑肌 píng huá jī smooth muscle (anatomy) / non-striated muscle syn 接济 接濟 jiē jì to give material assistance to syn 插科打诨 插科打諢 chā kē dǎ hùn to include impromptu comic material in opera performance (idiom) / to jest / buffoonery syn 导读 導讀 dǎo dú guide (e.g. book or other printed material) 史料 shǐ liào historical material or data 衍生物 yǎn shēng wù a derivative (complex product derived from simpler source material) 加试 加試 jiā shì to add material to an exam / supplementary exam 掺假 摻假 chān jiǎ to mix in fake material / to adulterate syn 无产者 無產者 wú chǎn zhě proletariat / non-propertied person syn 质料 質料 zhì liào material / matter syn 不粘锅 不粘鍋 bù zhān guō non-stick pan 互通有无 互通有無 hù tōng yǒu wú (idiom) mutual exchange of assistance / to benefit from each other's strengths and make up each other's shortfalls / to reciprocate with material assistance / to scratch each other's back syn 荤菜 葷菜 hūn cài non-vegetarian dish (including meat, fish, garlic, onion etc) syn 类书 類書 lèi shū reference book consisting of material quoted from many sources, arranged by category (about 600 of which were compiled between the 3rd and 18th centuries in China) 物料 wù liào material syn 用料 yòng liào ingredients / material 复合材料 複合材料 fù hé cái liào composite material 采风 採風 cǎi fēng to collect local cultural material (recording folk songs, taking photos etc) syn 直飞 直飛 zhí fēi to fly non-stop / to fly direct (to ...) 伏笔 伏筆 fú bǐ foreshadowing (literary device) / foretaste of material to come (in an essay or story) 副食 fù shí non-staple food / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn 做功 zuò gōng (physics) to do work / non-vocal acting (in traditional Chinese opera) 实名 實名 shí míng real-name (registration etc) / non-anonymous 本事 běn shì source material / original story syn 有色金属 有色金屬 yǒu sè jīn shǔ non-ferrous metals (all metals excluding iron, chromium, manganese and their alloys) 小康社会 小康社會 xiǎo kāng shè huì society in which the material needs of most citizens are adequately met 建筑材料 jiàn zhù cái liào building material 不承认 不承認 bù chéng rèn non-recognition 不定期 bù dìng qī non-scheduled / irregularly 参考文献 參考文獻 cān kǎo wén xiàn cited material / reference (to the literature) / bibliography 金属材料 金屬材料 jīn shǔ cái liào metal material 参考资料 參考資料 cān kǎo zī liào reference material / bibliography 