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element / factor / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
element (key component of sth) / (chemistry) element / (math.) element (member of a set)
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *素* | 素* | *素
raw silk / white / plain, unadorned / vegetarian (food) / essence / nature / element / constituent / usually / always / ever
HSK 7-9
vegetarian food / to eat a vegetarian diet
HSK 7-9
pixel
inner quality / basic essence
HSK 6
(pharm.) cephalosporin
enzyme
source material (in literature and art)
HSK 7-9
estrogen
to eat a vegetarian diet
actinoids (rare earth series), namely: actinium Ac89 錒|锕, thorium Th90 釷|钍, protoactinium Pa91 鏷|镤, uranium U92 鈾|铀, neptunium Ne93 鎿|镎, plutonium Pu94 鈈|钚, americium Am95 鎇|镅, curium Cm96 鋦|锔, berkelium Bk97 錇|锫, californium Cf98 鐦|锎, einsteinium Es99 鎄|锿, fermium Fm100 鐨|镄, mendelevium Md101 鍆|钔, nobelium No102 鍩|锘, lawrencium Lr103 鐒|铹
(personal) accomplishment / attainment in self-cultivation
HSK 7-9
chlorophyll
antibiotic
HSK 7-9
vitamin
HSK 6
sketch
HSK 7-9
hormone
HSK 7-9
to be a vegetarian
multivitamin
insulin
essential factor / key constituent
HSK 6
carbamide / urea (NH2)2CO
a face without makeup
vegan
Lycopene
vegetarianism
Chinese chocolate-coated confectionery modeled on Maltesers 麥提莎|麦提莎
plain and simple / unadorned / simple living / not frivolous
HSK 7-9
sex hormone
monosodium glutamate (MSG)
professionalism
Ajinomoto, Japanese food and chemical corporation
antibiotic resistance
prostaglandin
interferon
untrained, inexperienced person; layman; amateur / ordinary person; non-celebrity
so uneducated! / so ignorant!
hair conditioner
to be total strangers (idiom)
HSK 7-9
semiochemical
hematin (blood pigment) / heme / hemoglobin / also written 血紅蛋白|血红蛋白
zootoxin
capsaicin
isotope
grapheme
growth hormone
to continue in one's own way (idiom)
estrogen
(idiom) hardworking, thrifty and unpretentious
rare earth element (chemistry)
alizarin
heavy element (such as uranium)
testosterone
black pigment / melanin
vegan
(biochemistry) heme / (Tw) hemoglobin
progesterone
vegetable dish
leading a plain, hardworking life (idiom)
enterotoxins
not to be trifled with / to be reckoned with
periodic table of the elements (chemistry)
(adjective) lacto-vegetarian
nutrient
vegetarian
estrogen
(chemistry) rare element
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
cellulose
(adjective) non-Buddhist vegetarian (allowing strong-smelling vegetables like garlic and onions)
endorphin
trace element (chemistry)
antibiotic
lanthanoid (rare earth series), namely: lanthanum La57 鑭|镧, cerium Ce58 鈰|铈, praseodymium Pr59 鐠|镨, neodymium Nd60 釹|钕, promethium Pm61 鉕|钷, samarium Sm62 釤|钐, europium Eu63 銪|铕, gadolinium Gd64 釓|钆, terbium Tb65 鋱|铽, dysprosium Dy66 鏑|镝, holmium Ho67 鈥|钬, erbium Er68 鉺|铒, thulium Tm69 銩|铥, ytterbium Yb70 鐿|镱, lutetium Lu71 鑥|镥
tremorine (drug inducing shivering)
phoneme
erythromycin
erythromycin
to include both meat and vegetables
confused / distracted
casein
Lycopene
veganism, a diet consisting solely of plant products / strict vegetarianism
(idiom) to have never met sb before; entirely unacquainted
simple / unadorned / unsophisticated / naive
anthocyanidin (biochemistry)
tetracycline
lutein (biochemistry)
gentamycin (antibiotic)
catechin (biochemistry)
hemaglutinin (protein causing blood clotting)
chitin
anthocyanin (biochemistry)
chemical element
environmental factor
simple and neat / quiet (colors) / unobtrusive / (of food) light / not greasy or strongly flavored
Arteannuin (anti-malaria chemical) / Artemisinin / Qinghaosu
usually / habitually / ordinarily / normally
presenilins

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