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sour / tart / sick at heart / grieved / sore / aching / pedantic / impractical / to make sarcastic remarks about sb / an acid
HSK 4
yogurt
HSK 4
lit. sour, sweet, bitter and spicy (idiom) / fig. all kinds of flavors; the joys and sorrows of life
HSK 5
pungent (taste) / bitter / fig. sad / miserable
HSK 7-9
to feel sad
HSK 7-9
isotretinoin (used in acne treatment)
adenosine triphosphate (ATP)
acid rain
sharp and unkind (words)
tannic acid (loanword)
lead-acid accumulator / battery (e.g. in car)
formylic acid (HCOOH) / formic acid / methanoic acid
pH (chemistry)
hydrochloric acid HCl
(milk) to turn sour / (meat, fish) to go off
acetic acid (CH3COOH) / acetate
nitrate
potassium chlorate
sodium dimercaptosulfanate
tartaric acid
harsh / scathing / acid (remarks)
sulfurous acid H2SO3
calcium carbonate
carboxylic acid
diclofenac sodium, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used to reduce swelling and as painkiller / also called voltaren 扶他林
calcium bicarbonate Ca(HCO3)2
vitamin C / ascorbic acid
disodium guanylate (E627)
husk ground-cherry; husk tomato (Physalis pubescens)
eosinophil (type of white blood cell)
lactic acid bacteria
lactic acid
ribonucleic acid (RNA)
tannin
tyrosine (Tyr), an amino acid
creatine
sodium sulfate
argnine (Arg), an essential amino acid
nitric acid
boric acid H3BO3
(Tw) amino acid
thiocyanate
oleic acid
hot and sour noodles (Sichuan-origin dish made with starch-based noodles)
fatty acid
sour cream
hot and sour soup / sour and spicy soup
sour date (Ziziphus jujuba var. spinosa)
aching and weary
potassium permanganate
benzoic acid C6H5COOH
triglyceride
stearic acid / stearate
sodium bicarbonate
to have a tingling sensation in one's nose (due to grief, pungent odor or taste) / to be choked up
nitrite
niacin (vitamin B3); nicotinic acid; Pyridine-3-carboxylic acid C6H5NO2
acrylic acid C3H4O2
chloric acid HClO3 / chlorate
calcium phosphate (chemistry)
to ache
sulfate
magnesium sulfate
silicate
alkyd resin
potassium sulfate
polyunsaturated fatty acid
salicylic acid
aristolochic acid
(of a scholar) impoverished, shabby and pedantic / impoverished pedant
folic acid
gastric acid
monosodium glutamate (MSG) (E621)
threonine (Thr), an essential amino acid
lysine (Lys), an essential amino acid
glutamic acid (Glu), an amino acid
taurine
acetyl radical CH3COO-
deoxyribonucleic acid / DNA
phosphate
sour grapes (set expr. based on Aesop) / lit. to say grapes are sour when you can't eat them
cysteine (Cys), an amino acid / mercaptoethyl amine
wretched look / shabby looks
calcium sulfate
acid-resistant
nitrous acid
Chinese lantern plant (Physalis alkekengi); winter cherry; strawberry ground-cherry / creeping oxalis (Oxalis corniculata)
acidity
valine (Val), an essential amino acid
amino acid
potassium nitrate
sulfuric acid H2SO4 / sulfate
ammonium sulfate
peptide (two or more amino acids linked by peptide bonds CO-NH)
hypochlorous acid HOCl (bleach)
nucleic acid / (coll.) nucleic acid test (abbr. for 核酸檢測|核酸检测)
wretched / poverty-stricken / unpresentable (for clothing, gifts etc)
disconsolate / forlorn / grievance
sour / acrid / (of a person) embittered

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