Wine helps with digestion.
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消化
xiāo huà
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xiāo huà · siu1 faa3 (Jyutping)
- to digest (food)
- (fig.) to absorb (information etc); to assimilate; to process
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Character breakdown
消
- Meaning
- vanish, die out; melt away
- Radical
- 氵
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- ⿰氵肖
- Cangjie
- EFB
- Four-corner
- 3912.7
化
- Meaning
- change, convert, reform; -ize
- Radical
- 匕
- Strokes
- 4
- Components
- ⿰亻匕
- Cangjie
- OP
- Four-corner
- 2421.0
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Example sentences
Don't get an upset stomach by eating too much.
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