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吸取

xī qǔ

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

吸取 (xī qǔ) means "to absorb". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 吸取 means

1. to absorb
2. to draw (a lesson, insight etc)
3. to assimilate

The characters in 吸取

• 吸xīto breathe; to suck in; to absorb
• 取qǔto take; to get; to choose

Example sentences

• 你必须从失败中吸取教训。
  Nǐ bìxū cóng shībài zhōng xīqǔ jiàoxun.
  You must learn from mistakes.
• 我希望汤姆已经吸取教训了。
  Wǒ xīwàng Tāngmǔ yǐjīng xīqǔ jiàoxun le.
  I hope Tom has learned his lesson.
• 人要从狗猛酒酸的典故中吸取教训。
  Rén yào cóng gǒu měng jiǔ suān de diǎngù zhōng xīqǔjiàoxun.
  Man must take a lesson from difficult situation and bad condition which befall in her/his life.
• 不要沉迷于过去，而是要从中吸取教训。
  Bùyào chénmíyú guòqù, érshì yào cóngzhōng xīqǔ jiàoxun.
  Never live in the past but always learn from it.
• 红树林吸取二氧化碳比地球上其他树木都要多，因为它们具有很大的地下根部结构。
  Mangroves sequester more carbon than any other trees on Earth because they have quite a large underground root structure.

Words starting with 吸取

• 吸取教训xī qǔ jiào xunto draw a lesson (from a setback)

Where 吸取 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · wù–xī (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xī qǔ correctly.
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