吸取

xīqǔ

verb HSK 7-9 #7,305

Meanings

To absorb and take in.

我们要吸取教训。

Wǒmen yào xīqǔ jiàoxun.

We should learn from this lesson.

他善于吸取别人的经验。

Tā shànyú xīqǔ biérén de jīngyàn.

He is good at learning from others' experience.

植物从土壤中吸取养分。

Zhíwù cóng tǔrǎng zhōng xīqǔ yǎngfèn.

Plants absorb nutrients from the soil.

usage

吸取教训 (learn a lesson) is an extremely common collocation. 吸取 can be both literal (absorbing nutrients) and figurative (drawing lessons/experience).

吸 xī

取 qǔ