What does it mean in Chinese?

What does 吸收 mean?

吸收 xīshōu

to absorb; to take in

It can also mean

  • to admit; to recruit (into an organization)

Its characters

  1. 吸 xī to inhale
  2. 收 shōu to receive

In a sentence

植物通过根吸收水分。 Plants absorb water through their roots.

不知多少年来,它一直吸收着天和地的力量、太阳和月亮的光。

From 美猴王 · The Handsome Monkey King

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