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HSK
to infect / contagious
HSK 7-9
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  *染* | 染* | *染
to dye / to catch (a disease) / to acquire (bad habits etc) / to contaminate / to add color washes to a painting
HSK 5
to pollute; to contaminate (lit. and fig.)
HSK 5
infectious disease; contagious disease; communicable disease
HSK 7-9
infectiousness (of a disease) / appeal; power; impact (of an image, marketing message, performance etc)
HSK 7-9
to bleach and dye
to infect; infection / (fig.) to influence
HSK 7-9
noise pollution
light pollution
infected person
rate of infection (usu. of a disease)
water pollution
printing and dyeing
source of an infection
air pollution / atmospheric pollution
viral infection
to be influenced
to pollute (often fig.) / to be infected by / to gain a small advantage
epidemiology
water pollution
to dye one's hair / rinse / tint
environmental pollution
number of infected persons
rendering (computing) / to add washes of ink or color to a drawing (Chinese painting) / to exaggerate / to embellish
pollutant
cross-infection
dye
chromosome
infectious; contagious / infectiousness; transmissibility
mixed infection
to dip a finger (idiom); fig. to get one's finger in the pie / to get a share of the action / abbr. for 染指於鼎|染指于鼎
highlight (hair) / partial hair dye
to catch (a disease) / to get (a bad habit)
contamination
dye factory / dye-works
to be contaminated / to be gradually influenced
air pollution
infective diarrhea
dye
to catch an illness / to get infected with a disease
upper respiratory tract infection
to have an affair with sb
to infect / to influence / to dip (in ink)
to exert a gradual influence / to nurture / a corrupting influence
azoic dyes
autosomal chromosome / autosome / autosomal
lit. dip one's finger in the tripod (idiom); fig. to get one's finger in the pie / to get a share of the action
chromosome / genetic material of chromosome
Wright's stain (used in studying blood)
to touch up (a piece of writing) / to add details (to a painting)
to smudge (become smeared) / to smudge (create a blurred effect) / shading (wash painting technique)
Wright's stain (used in studying blood)
contamination control
big dyeing vat / (fig.) corrupting environment
residual contamination
contaminated area
to tie-dye
droplet infection (disease transmission from sneezing, coughing etc)
lit. to grow out of the mud unsullied (idiom) / fig. to be principled and incorruptible
lit. dirty finger, mouth watering (idiom); fig. greedy to seize sth
radioactive contaminant
laboratory infection
radioactive contamination
ploidy (number of homologous chromosomes)
relief shading (in a picture) / fig. to throw into relief
batik (color printing on cloth using wax)
mother-to-infant transmission
hair dye / rinse / tint
pad dyeing
commercial laundry / cleaners
trisomy
pressure roller used in dyeing trough
to be corrupted by the ways of the world (idiom)
(idiom) untainted by even a speck of dust; spotlessly clean; (of a person) honest; incorruptible
dyeing and weaving
bad habits / to get into bad habits through long custom
secondary infection
discharge
Gram stain (used to distinguished two different kinds of bacteria)
polytene chromosome
decontamination
tinge
radioactive contamination
to dye cloth


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