吸取

xīqǔ

verb HSK 7 #7,305

Meanings

To absorb and take in.

Wǒmen yào xīqǔ jiàoxun.

We should learn from this lesson.

Tā shànyú xīqǔ biérén de jīngyàn.

He is good at learning from others' experience.

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