吸取

xīqǔ

verb HSK 7-9 #7,305

Meanings

To absorb and take in.

HSK 4

我们要吸取教训。

Wǒmen yào xīqǔ jiàoxun.

We should learn from this lesson.

HSK 4

他善于吸取别人的经验。

Tā shànyú xīqǔ biérén de jīngyàn.

He is good at learning from others' experience.

HSK 7-9

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