咀嚼

jǔ jué

HSK 2.0 Level 6 HSK 3.0 Level 7 Verb Uncommon

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to swallow

Swallowing, often follows chewing

to eat slowly (idiom)

Idiom meaning to chew carefully and swallow slowly

to reflect on

When 咀嚼 means to think over, similar to ponder

In the sense of 'to think over', 咀嚼 is literary and often appears in written form; in casual speech, prefer 琢磨 (zuó mo) or 思考 (sī kǎo).

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我咀嚼困難。

Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 10540056)

Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.

to chew

to chew