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材
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Definitions
- 1. material
- 2. timber
- 3. ability
- 4. aptitude
- 5. a capable individual
Example Sentences
1 shown木 材 可燃。
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Words Containing 材
outstanding talent
talent
radiophosphor
coffin
medicinal ingredient
abrasive
log
student of great ability
(idiom) to teach in line with the student's ability
fissionable material
steel (as raw material)
person of limited capacity
raw and semifinished materials
sapwood (between vascular cambium and pith inside growing wood)
building materials
pith
principal or main material (engineering)
idiot
bar
source material (in literature and art)
to make sth of oneself
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
untalented
good timber
wood
(raw) material
(of a person) short in stature
insulation
lit. not to shed a tear until one sees the coffin (idiom)
evidence of material seen and heard
using a talented person in an insignificant position (idiom)
great talent
fissile material
worthless
capability
(forestry) to log; to skid; to yard
to draw on local resources
computer-aided instruction
reference material
employ one's talent to the fullest
materials science
stature
consumables
coffin
extruded profile
texture of timber
material science
volume (of timber)
plywood
to collect material
(food) ingredient
teaching material
substrate
geezer with one foot in the grave (used jokingly or as an imprecation)
bio-materials
subject matter
composite material
weapons-grade material
negative example
Yelü Chucai (1190-1244), Khitan statesman and advisor to Genghis Khan and Ögödei Khan, known for convincing the Mongols to tax the conquered population of the north China plains rather than slaughter it
radioactive material
equipment