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 亲 親 qīn parent / one's own (flesh and blood) / relative / related / marriage / bride / close / intimate / in person / first-hand / in favor of / pro- / to kiss / (Internet slang) dear 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 家长 家長 jiā zhǎng head of a household / family head / patriarch / parent or guardian of a child 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 母子 mǔ zǐ mother and child / parent and subsidiary (companies) / principal and interest 家长会 家長會 jiā zhǎng huì parent-teacher conference / parents' association 母体 母體 mǔ tǐ (zoology, medicine) mother's body / (chemistry etc) parent / matrix / (statistics) population / parent population 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 母语 母語 mǔ yǔ native language / mother tongue / (linguistics) parent language 总公司 總公司 zǒng gōng sī parent company / head office 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 母公司 mǔ gōng sī parent company 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 送终 送終 sòng zhōng to attend upon a dying parent or other senior family member / to handle the funeral affairs of a senior family member 奔丧 奔喪 bēn sāng to hasten home for the funeral of a parent or grandparent 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 亲子 親子 qīn zǐ parent and child / parent-child (relationship) / two successive generations 有害物质 有害物質 yǒu hài wù zhì hazardous substance 单亲家庭 單親家庭 dān qīn jiā tíng single parent family 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 单亲 單親 dān qīn single parent 易燃物 yì rán wù flammable substance syn 弑 弒 shì to murder a superior / to murder one's parent 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) 再生父母 zài shēng fù mǔ like a second parent (idiom) / one's great benefactor syn 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 亲代 親代 qīn dài parent's generation / previous generation 乌鸟私情 烏鳥私情 wū niǎo sī qíng lit. the solicitude of the crow (who provides for his old parent)(idiom) / fig. filial piety 割股疗亲 割股療親 gē gǔ liǎo qīn to cut flesh from one's thigh to nourish a sick parent (idiom) / filial thigh-cutting 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 赘婿 贅婿 zhuì xù son-in-law living at wife's parent's house syn 祖语 祖語 zǔ yǔ proto-language / parent language (linguistics) 令亲 令親 lìng qīn Your esteemed parent (honorific) 回交 huí jiāo backcrossing (i.e. hybridization with parent) 尊亲 尊親 zūn qīn (honorific) your parent 母弹 母彈 mǔ dàn parent shell (of a cluster bomb) 母质 母質 mǔ zhì parent material (e.g. the eroded rock making up sediment) 绕膝 繞膝 rào xī (children) run around parent's knees / fig. to stay to look after one's elderly parents 丁艰 丁艱 dīng jiān (literary) to be in mourning after the death of a parent 母体碳氢化合物 mǔ tǐ tàn qīng huà hé wù parent hydrocarbon 国际父母教育联合会 International Federation for Parent Education 教员－儿童－家长办法 teacher-child-parent approach 国际癌症患儿家长组织联合会 International Confederation of Childhood Cancer Parent Organisations 生身父母 shēng shēn fù mǔ biological parent 亲子传播 親子傳播 parent-to-child transmission 原部队 原部隊 parent unit 所属部队 所屬部隊 parent unit 上级组织 上級組織 parent organization 母组织 母組織 parent organization 丁忧 丁憂 dīng yōu (literary) to be in mourning after the death of a parent 母群体 母群體 mǔ qún tǐ (statistics) population / parent population 唱黑脸 唱黑臉 chàng hēi liǎn to play the role of the strict parent (or superior etc) 父级 父級 fù jí parent (computing) 育有 yù yǒu to be the parent of (a child) 割股疗亲 割股療親 gē gǔ liáo qīn to cut flesh from one's thigh to nourish a sick parent (idiom) / filial thigh-cutting 哀毁骨立 哀毀骨立 āi huǐ gǔ lì (idiom) (literary) to become emaciated due to grief (usu. due to the death of a parent) 抛家弃子 拋家棄子 pāo jiā - qì zǐ (of a parent) to abandon one's family 母星 mǔ xīng (science fiction) home planet / (astronomy) parent star 共读 共讀 gòng dú shared reading (parent-child, classroom, reading group etc) / to engage in shared reading 导护 導護 dǎo hù (Tw) (of a teacher or parent volunteer) to perform student safety duty, guiding students and maintaining traffic order during arrival and dismissal 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 