咀嚼
jǔ jué
Pinyin
Definition
咀嚼
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- to chew
- to think over
Character Decomposition
Idioms (7)
含商咀徵
- 1 permeated with beautiful music (idiom)
含宫咀徵
- 1 permeated with beautiful music (idiom)
含英咀华
- 1 to savor fine writing (idiom)
味同嚼蜡
- 1 tastes as if one is chewing wax (idiom)
- 2 tasteless
- 3 insipid
咬文嚼字
- 1 to bite words and chew characters (idiom); punctilious about minutiae of wording
Sample Sentences
曾晶介绍,味觉和咀嚼功能减退、胃肠蠕动减慢、消化液分泌减少,这些都会影响老年人的食欲和消化吸收能力;空巢状态、独居老人可能会饮食上更为简单随意。这些都会导致老年人饮食营养摄入不均衡,最终影响健康。
Zeng Jing explains reduction of taste and chewing function, gastrointestinal motility slowed down, and decreased digestive juice secretion, which all affected the appetite and digestion and absorption capacity of the elderly; empty nest state, elderly people living alone may be more simple and casual. These will lead to an imbalance in the nutritional intake of the elderly and ultimately affect their health.
也行。不过,吃饭的时候不要把嘴巴张得很大。还有,咀嚼食物的时候不要发出很恶心的吧唧吧唧的声音,那样会显得很没教养。
That'll work. However, when you eat you shouldn't open your mouth too wide. Also, when you chew your food you shouldn't make really disgusting chewing and chomping noises; it makes you look like you weren't raised well.