Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
消化
xiāohuà
Description
吃完饭以后，胃会帮我们消化食物。
这个词也可以说学到的东西被完全理解和吸收。
Meanings
消化xiāohuà
to digest food
晚饭吃太多，很难消化。
消化xiāohuà
to absorb and understand knowledge
今天学的太多了，我还没消化。
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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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