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HSK
element (key component of sth) / (chemistry) element / (math.) element (member of a set)
HSK 6
inner quality / basic essence
HSK 6
vitamin
HSK 6
essential factor / key constituent
HSK 6
element / factor / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
(personal) accomplishment / attainment in self-cultivation
HSK 7-9
antibiotic
HSK 7-9
hormone
HSK 7-9
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raw silk / white / plain, unadorned / vegetarian (food) / essence / nature / element / constituent / usually / always / ever
HSK 7-9
source material (in literature and art)
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
plain and simple / unadorned / simple living / not frivolous
HSK 7-9
pixel
pheromone
male hormone / testosterone
cellulose
periodic table of the elements (chemistry)
anthocyanin (biochemistry)
consistently; always (in the past and now)
bilirubin
light element (such as hydrogen)
anthocyanidin (biochemistry)
enzyme
untrained, inexperienced person; layman; amateur / ordinary person; non-celebrity
a face without makeup
vegetarian chicken, a soybean product
grapheme
chlorophyll
growth hormone
Russell (name) / Bertrand Arthur William, 3rd Earl Russell (1872-1970), British logician, rationalist philosopher and pacifist
pigment
lutein (biochemistry)
(chemistry) rare element
adrenaline
nutrient
parathyroid hormone (Tw)
toxin / (fig.) pernicious influence
hair conditioner
white hand / empty-handed
black pigment / melanin
erythromycin
carotene
face (of a woman) without makeup / solid color (unpatterned)
to be a vegetarian
cytochrome
vegetarian food
thiamine; vitamin B1
riboflavin (vitamin B2)
vegetable dish
(literary) a one-foot-long piece of white silk, used for writing in ancient times; (as a metonym) letter; written message
lignin
auxin (plant growth hormone)
bilirubin
white silk mourning dress
antibiotic
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
rare earth element (chemistry)
confused / distracted
ephedrine
aflatoxin
thyroid hormone / thyroxine (used to treat underactive thyroid)
antitoxins
Lycopene
monosodium glutamate (MSG)
sex hormone
morpheme
casein (milk protein)
toxoid
radioactive isotope / radioisotope
simple yet elegant
penicillin
heavy element (such as uranium)
interferon
thrifty and plain
allotropy
natural toxin
erythropoietin (EPO)
vegetarian feast / food offerings to Buddha
chemical element
clindamycin
calcitonin
ordinarily / usually
to hold a sinecure (idiom)
to continue in one's own way (idiom)
simple / unadorned / unsophisticated / naive
carbamide / urea (NH2)2CO
(math.) coprime / relatively prime (having no common factor)
(biochemistry) heme / (Tw) hemoglobin
(idiom) to have never met sb before; entirely unacquainted
biliverdin
neomycin (antibiotic)
isotope
bear hardship with equanimity / regard wrongdoing with equanimity
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
vegetable noodle dish
usually / habitually / ordinarily / normally
variant of 情愫
variant of 名宿

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