Usage of the character 素

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

wǒxíngwǒsù

我行我素

[我行我素]

to continue in one's own way (idiom)

Ang Shān Sù Jī

昂山素姬

[昂山素姬]

see 昂山素季 ( Ang Shān Sù Jì)

báihóudúsù

白喉毒素

[白喉毒素]

diphtheria toxin

tóubāojūnsù

头孢菌素

[頭孢菌素]

(pharm.) cephalosporin

zhíyèsùzhì

职业素质

[職業素質]

professionalism

qìngdàméisù

庆大霉素

[慶大霉素]

gentamycin (antibiotic)

āqíméisù

阿奇霉素

[阿奇霉素]

azithromycin (macrolide antibiotic)
Zithromax

méisēnsùshù

梅森素数

[梅森素數]

Mersenne prime number (math.)

línkěméisù

林可霉素

[林可霉素]

lincomycin

qǔméidúsù

曲霉毒素

[曲霉毒素]

aspergillus

xióngxìngjīsù

雄性激素

[雄性激素]

male hormone
testosterone

bìmádúsù

蓖麻毒素

[蓖麻毒素]

ricin (biochemistry)

sùbùxiāngnéng

素不相能

[素不相能]

unable to get along (idiom)

shīwèisùcān

尸位素餐

[尸位素餐]

to hold a sinecure (idiom)

lüjiéméisù

氯洁霉素

[氯潔霉素]

clindamycin

jiǎzhuàngxiànsù

甲状腺素

[甲狀腺素]

thyroid hormone
thyroxine (used to treat underactive thyroid)

kàngkàngshēngsù

抗抗生素

[抗抗生素]

antibiotic resistance

gāowánjīsù

睾丸激素

[睾丸激素]

testosterone

lánxìyuánsù

镧系元素

[鑭系元素]

lanthanoid (rare earth series), namely: lanthanum La57 鑭／镧 (lán), cerium Ce58 鈰／铈 (shì), praseodymium Pr59 鐠／镨 (pǔ), neodymium Nd60 釹／钕 (nü), promethium Pm61 鉕／钷 (pǒ), samarium Sm62 釤／钐 (shān), europium Eu63 銪／铕 (yǒu), gadolinium Gd64 釓／钆 (gá), terbium Tb65 鋱／铽 (tè), dysprosium Dy66 鏑／镝 (dī), holmium Ho67 鈥／钬 (huǒ), erbium Er68 鉺／铒 (ěr), thulium Tm69 銩／铥 (diū), ytterbium Yb70 鐿／镱 (yì), lutetium Lu71 鑥／镥 (lǔ)

sùmèipíngshēng

素昧平生

[素昧平生]

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

Ang Shān Sù Jì

昂山素季

[昂山素季]

Aung San Suu Kyi (1945-), Myanmar opposition leader and 1991 Nobel Peace laureate
also written 昂山素姬

jiéhéjūnsù

结核菌素

[結核菌素]

tubercule bacillus

yùluódúsù

芋螺毒素

[芋螺毒素]

conotoxin

āxìyuánsù

锕系元素

[錒系元素]

actinoids (rare earth series), namely: actinium Ac89 錒／锕 (ā), thorium Th90 釷／钍 (tǔ), protoactinium Pa91 鏷／镤 (pú), uranium U92 鈾／铀 (yóu), neptunium Ne93 鎿／镎 (ná), plutonium Pu94 鈈／钚 (bù), americium Am95 鎇／镅 (méi), curium Cm96 鋦／锔 (jú), berkelium Bk97 錇／锫 (péi), californium Cf98 鐦／锎 (kāi), einsteinium Es99 鎄／锿 (āi), fermium Fm100 鐨／镄 (fèi), mendelevium Md101 鍆／钔 (mén), nobelium No102 鍩／锘 (nuò), lawrencium Lr103 鐒／铹 (láo)

yǒuhūnyǒusù

有荤有素

[有葷有素]