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HSK
element (key component of sth) / (chemistry) element / (math.) element (member of a set)
HSK 6
vitamin
HSK 6
element / factor / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
inner quality / basic essence
HSK 6
essential factor / key constituent
HSK 6
(personal) accomplishment / attainment in self-cultivation
HSK 7-9
source material (in literature and art)
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *素* | 素* | *素
raw silk / white / plain, unadorned / vegetarian (food) / essence / nature / element / constituent / usually / always / ever
HSK 7-9
plain and simple / unadorned / simple living / not frivolous
HSK 7-9
hormone
HSK 7-9
sketch
HSK 7-9
vegetarian food / to eat a vegetarian diet
HSK 7-9
to be total strangers (idiom)
HSK 7-9
antibiotic
HSK 7-9
Russell (name) / Bertrand Arthur William, 3rd Earl Russell (1872-1970), British logician, rationalist philosopher and pacifist
sucralose
(biochemistry) lectin
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *维* | 维* | *维
to preserve / to maintain / to hold together / dimension / vitamin (abbr. for 維生素|维生素)
(high) quality
Arteannuin (anti-malaria chemical) / Artemisinin / Qinghaosu
natural toxin
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *龶* | 龶* | *龶
component in Chinese characters, occurring in , , etc, referred to as 青字頭|青字头
thyroid hormone / thyroxine (used to treat underactive thyroid)
isotope
halogen (chemistry)
carbamide / urea (NH2)2CO
penicillin
pixel
azithromycin (antibiotic medication)
conotoxin
tetrodotoxin (TTX)
(physics) nuclide
nuclear isobar
untrained, inexperienced person; layman; amateur / ordinary person; non-celebrity
insulin
toxin / (fig.) pernicious influence
pigment
simple yet elegant
chloramphenicol (antibiotic), aka chloromycetin
Aung San (1915-1947), Burmese general and politician, hero of Myanmar independence movement and father of Aung San Su Kyi 昂山素季
anthocyanidin (biochemistry)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *脲* | 脲* | *脲
carbamide / urea (NH2)2CO / also written 尿素
face (of a woman) without makeup / solid color (unpatterned)
vegetable noodle dish
phoneme
to continue in one's own way (idiom)
monosodium glutamate (MSG)
consistently; always (in the past and now)
adrenaline
trace element (chemistry)
morpheme
erythromycin
erythromycin
lutein (biochemistry)
tetracycline
chalone (protein inhibiting cell proliferation)
leading a plain, hardworking life (idiom)
bear hardship with equanimity / regard wrongdoing with equanimity
enzyme
vegetable dish
simple and neat / quiet (colors) / unobtrusive / (of food) light / not greasy or strongly flavored
usually / habitually / ordinarily / normally
vegetarian chicken, a soybean product
(biochemistry) hemocyanin
usually
Ajinomoto, Japanese food and chemical corporation
to hold a sinecure (idiom)
clindamycin
(idiom) to have never met sb before; entirely unacquainted
ephedrine
simple / unadorned / unsophisticated / naive
vegetarian meat substitute
white silk mourning dress
ordinarily / usually
to have / to have always had
vegetarian food
plain; ordinary / vegan; vegetarian
meat and vegetable
a face without makeup
morpheme
white hand / empty-handed
lignin
cellulose
thrifty and plain
black pigment / melanin
GlaxoSmithKline, British pharmaceutical company
all-round education (as opposed to exam-oriented education 應試教育|应试教育)
keratin
carotene
chemical element
environmental factor
periodic table of the elements (chemistry)
cytochrome
antitoxins
growth hormone
interferon
vegetarianism
lit. to present oneself confidently to the emperor, without makeup (as did the sister of Yang Guifei 楊貴妃|杨贵妃) (idiom) / fig. (of a woman) to show one's natural features, without makeup / to present oneself just as one is, without artifice
hemaglutinin (the H of virus such as bird flu H5N1)

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