消化

xiāohuà
  1. to digest (food)
  2. (fig.) to absorb (information etc); to assimilate; to process

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1 消 xiāo
  1. to diminish; to subside
  2. to consume; to reduce
  3. to idle away (the time)
  4. (after 不 bù or 只 zhǐ or 何 hé etc) to need; to require; to take
2 化 huà
  1. to make into
  2. to change into
  3. -ization
  4. to ... -ize
  5. to transform
  6. abbr. for 化學 huàxué