Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
消化
xiāohuà
Description
吃完饭以后，胃会帮我们消化食物。
After eating, the stomach helps us 消化 food.
这个词也可以说学到的东西被完全理解和吸收。
This word can also mean that what is learned is fully understood and absorbed.
Meanings
消化xiāohuà
to digest food
晚饭吃太多，很难消化。
Eating too much dinner is hard to digest.
消化xiāohuà
to absorb and understand knowledge
今天学的太多了，我还没消化。
I learned so much today that I haven't processed it yet.
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Notes
- Etymology
消 (dissolve) + 化 (transform); literally 'to dissolve and transform'.
- Nuance
figurative sense of 'digesting' information is common, like in English.
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