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素 sou3 {sù}

  1. raw silk
  2. white
  3. plain, unadorned
  4. vegetarian (food)
  5. essence
  6. nature
  7. element
  8. constituent
  9. usually
  10. always
  11. ever

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素餐 sou3 caan1 {sù cān}

Vegetarian meals

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素淡 sou3 daam6 {sù dàn}

plain (color)

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素馨 sou3 hing1 {sù xīn}

(flower) Jasminum grandiflorum

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素月 sou3 jyut2 {sù yuè}

a bright and clear moon

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素菜 sou3 coi3 {sù cài}

vegetable dish

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素材 sou3 coi4 {sù cái}

source material (in literature and art)

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素餡〔-馅〕 sou3 haam2 {sù xiàn}

vegetable filling

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素日 sou3 jat6 {sù rì}

usually

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素有 sou3 jau5 {sù yǒu}

  1. to have
  2. to have always had

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素筵 sou3 jin4 {sù yán}

  1. vegetarian feast
  2. food offerings to Buddha

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素養〔-养〕 sou3 joeng5 {sù yǎng}

  1. (personal) accomplishment
  2. attainment in self-cultivation

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素來〔-来〕 sou3 loi4 {sù lái}

usually

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素麵〔-面〕 sou3 min6 {sù miàn}

vegetable noodle dish

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素描 sou3 miu4 {sù miáo}

sketch

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素雅 sou3 ngaa5 {sù yǎ}

simple yet elegant

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素顏〔-颜〕 sou3 ngaan4 {sù yán}

a face without makeup

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素樸〔-朴〕 sou3 pok3 {sù pǔ}

  1. simple
  2. unadorned
  3. unsophisticated
  4. naive

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素手 sou3 sau2 {sù shǒu}

  1. white hand
  2. empty-handed

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素食 sou3 sik6 {sù shí}

  1. vegetables
  2. vegetarian food

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素常 sou3 soeng4 {sù cháng}

  1. ordinarily
  2. usually

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素數〔-数〕 sou3 sou3 {sù shù}

prime number

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素齋〔-斋〕 sou3 zaai1 {sù zhāi}

vegetarian food

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素質〔-质〕 sou3 zat1 {sù zhì}

  1. inner quality
  2. basic essence

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素淨〔-净〕 sou3 zing6 {sù jing}

  1. simple and neat
  2. quiet (colors)
  3. unobtrusive
  4. (of food) light
  5. not greasy or strongly flavored

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素食者 sou3 sik6 ze2 {sù shí zhě}

vegetarian

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素質差〔-质-〕 sou3 zat1 caa1 {sù zhì chà}

  1. so uneducated!
  2. so ignorant!

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素不相能 sou3 bat1 soeng1 nang4 {sù bù xiāng néng}

unable to get along (idiom)

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素不相識〔---识〕 sou3 bat1 soeng1 sik1 {sù bù xiāng shí}

to be total strangers (idiom)

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素原促進〔---进〕 sou3 jyun4 cuk1 zeon3 {sù yuán cù jìn}

antigen (medicine)

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素面朝天 sou3 min6 ciu4 tin1 {sù miàn cháo tiān}

  1. lit. to present oneself confidently to the emperor, without makeup (as did the sister of Yang Guifei 楊貴妃) (idiom)
  2. fig. (of a woman) to show one's natural features, without makeup
  3. to present oneself just as one is, without artifice

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素昧平生 sou3 mui6 ping4 sang1 {sù mèi píng shēng}

  1. to have never met sb before (idiom); entirely unacquainted
  2. a complete stranger
  3. not to know sb from Adam

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素食主義〔---义〕 sou3 sik6 zyu2 ji6 {sù shí zhǔ yì}

vegetarianism

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素質教育〔-质--〕 sou3 zat1 gaau3 juk6 {sù zhì jiào yù}

all-round education (contrasted with 應試教育, exam-oriented education)

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