消化
Meaning
- to digest (food)
- (fig.) to absorb (information etc); to assimilate; to process
Example sentence
喝酒帮助消化。
Wine helps digest food.
Characters in 消化
- 消 xiāo to vanish, to dissolve; to eliminate
- 化 huà to make into
消 to dissolve plus 化, marking a transformation. 化 gives 文化 and 变化; dissolving food, and figuratively ideas.