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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
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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
genkwanin
(pharm.) cephalosporin
sucralose
casein
Freeganism
(biochemistry) lectin
chitin
Arteannuin (anti-malaria chemical) / Artemisinin / Qinghaosu
natural toxin
Ajinomoto, Japanese food and chemical corporation
thyroid hormone / thyroxine (used to treat underactive thyroid)
chloramphenicol (antibiotic), aka chloromycetin
halogen (chemistry)
carbamide / urea (NH2)2CO
pixel
parathyroid hormone (Tw)
azithromycin (antibiotic medication)
conotoxin
(high) quality
tetrodotoxin (TTX)
(physics) nuclide
nuclear isobar
multivitamin
untrained, inexperienced person; layman; amateur / ordinary person; non-celebrity
insulin
toxin / (fig.) pernicious influence
pigment
simple yet elegant
anthocyanidin (biochemistry)
penicillin
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
(adjective) non-Buddhist vegetarian (allowing strong-smelling vegetables like garlic and onions)
isotope
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
neurotoxin
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
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
cytochrome
vegetarian food
unable to get along (idiom)
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)
colchicine (pharmacy)

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