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nature / characteristic / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
excellent quality
HSK 6
matter / substance / material / materialistic / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
character / intrinsic quality (of a person) / quality (of a product or service, or as in "quality of life", "air quality" etc)
HSK 4
characteristic / special quality
HSK 7-9
hostage
HSK 7-9
geology
HSK 7-9
essence / nature / innate character / intrinsic quality
HSK 6
substance / essence
HSK 7-9
stony
inner quality / basic essence
HSK 6
(a person's) constitution; underlying physical condition; physical makeup / (of an organization, society etc) structural soundness
HSK 7-9
shoddy; of poor quality
HSK 7-9
simple substance (consisting purely of one element, such as diamond)
personality traits; temperament; disposition / aura; air; feel; vibe / refinement; sophistication; class
HSK 7-9
mesenchyme (physiology)
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character / nature / quality / plain / to pawn / pledge / hostage / to question / Taiwan pr. [zhi2]
medium / media
glial cell / neuroglia
chemical property
water quality
electrolyte
professionalism
to degenerate; to deteriorate / (of food) to go bad; to go off / (geology) metamorphism
HSK 7-9
to have class; classy
waxiness
homogenous / uniform / homogenized
carcinogen / cancer causing substance
cortex / cerebral cortex
aptitude / natural endowments
homogeneous
protein
HSK 7-9
prefrontal cortex (PFC)
to confront (in court etc) / confrontation
wooden
protoplasm
tannin
solute
gluten-free
collagen (protein)
(idiom) to be naturally beautiful; to be born beautiful
image quality; resolution; definition
molecular bromine
globular protein
biomass
adrenal medulla
gluten
physical property
mesenchyme (loosely organized embryonic connective tissue)
muddy
sandy
nutrient
antimatter
texture of timber / quality of material / material (that sth is made of)
molecular chlorine
dentin / dentine
mineral, esp. dietary mineral
colloid / gelatinous matter
siliceous / containing silica
(idiom) to degenerate (morally); to become depraved
to mortgage / to pawn
chromosome / genetic material of chromosome
chitin
nervous / on edge / excitable / neurotic
chitin
cutin / keratin
tone / sound quality / timbre
form / structure / design
cytoplasm
quality of meat / succulent (botany)
heterogeneous
adrenal cortex
impurity
perishable
base solvent (of chemical compound) / stroma (framing biological tissue)
tooth enamel
cancellous bone / trabecular bone / spongy bone
genetic material
inhomogeneous
sial rock (containing silicon and aluminium, so comparatively light, making continental plates)
mafic rock (containing magnesium and iron, so comparatively heavy, making oceanic plates)
transmission medium
medium
aerosol
(attributive) paper; hard-copy; printed / paper quality
(chemistry) mass transfer (as observed in processes like evaporation, distillation and membrane filtration)
Cachexia (physical wasting associated with long-term illness)
neurotransmitter
(physics) dark matter
to value quantity over quality
made of silver
calcium
parent material (e.g. the eroded rock making up sediment)
qualia (philosophy)
potential
alkalinity
(old) tooth enamel (still in use in Taiwan)


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