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- raw silk
- white
- plain, unadorned
- vegetarian (food)
- essence
- nature
- element
- constituent
- usually
- always
- ever
- element (key component of sth)
- (chemistry) element
- (math.) element (member of a set)
- untrained, inexperienced person; layman; amateur
- ordinary person; non-celebrity
Trad. 素淨
- simple and neat
- quiet (colors)
- unobtrusive
- (of food) light
- not greasy or strongly flavored
Trad. 羅素
- Russell (name)
- Bertrand Arthur William, 3rd Earl Russell (1872-1970), British logician, rationalist philosopher and pacifist
- (literary) a one-foot-long piece of white silk, used for writing in ancient times; (as a metonym) letter; written message
- hematin (blood pigment)
- heme
- hemoglobin
- also written 血紅蛋白|血红蛋白[xue4 hong2 dan4 bai2]
Trad. 麥麗素
- Chinese chocolate-coated confectionery modeled on Maltesers 麥提莎|麦提莎[Mai4 ti2 sha1]
- botulinum toxin (abbr. for 肉毒桿菌毒素|肉毒杆菌毒素[rou4 du2 gan3 jun1 du2 su4])
Trad. 白素貞
- (name of a person) Bai Suzhen, from Madame White Snake
- (adjective) non-Buddhist vegetarian (allowing strong-smelling vegetables like garlic and onions)
Trad. 韓素音
- Han Suyin (1917-2012), Eurasian physician and author
Trad. 輕饒素放
- easily forgive, simply release (idiom); to let sb off scot free
Trad. 勤儉樸素
- (idiom) hardworking, thrifty and unpretentious
- (idiom) to have never met sb before; entirely unacquainted
Trad. 素未謀面
- (idiom) to have never met
- to be complete strangers
Trad. 素質教育
- all-round education (as opposed to exam-oriented education 應試教育|应试教育[ying4 shi4 jiao4 yu4])
Trad. 艱苦樸素
- leading a plain, hardworking life (idiom)
- lit. to present oneself confidently to the emperor, without makeup (as did the sister of Yang Guifei 楊貴妃|杨贵妃[Yang2 Gui4 fei1]) (idiom)
- fig. (of a woman) to show one's natural features, without makeup
- to present oneself just as one is, without artifice
Trad. 有葷有素
- to include both meat and vegetables
- bear hardship with equanimity
- regard wrongdoing with equanimity
Trad. 甲狀腺素
- thyroid hormone
- thyroxine (used to treat underactive thyroid)
- Aung San Suu Kyi (1945-), Myanmar opposition leader and 1991 Nobel Peace laureate
- also written 昂山素姬
Trad. 鑭系元素
- lanthanoid (rare earth series), namely: lanthanum La57 鑭|镧[lan2], cerium Ce58 鈰|铈[shi4], praseodymium Pr59 鐠|镨[pu3], neodymium Nd60 釹|钕[nu:3], promethium Pm61 鉕|钷[po3], samarium Sm62 釤|钐[shan1], europium Eu63 銪|铕[you3], gadolinium Gd64 釓|钆[ga2], terbium Tb65 鋱|铽[te4], dysprosium Dy66 鏑|镝[di1], holmium Ho67 鈥|钬[huo3], erbium Er68 鉺|铒[er3], thulium Tm69 銩|铥[diu1], ytterbium Yb70 鐿|镱[yi4], lutetium Lu71 鑥|镥[lu3]