jiào

嚼

Character · Verb

ruminate

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Meanings

1 sense · 1 examples

verb

technical

Only used in the fixed compound 倒嚼, a technical term for ruminant animals' digestive behavior.

Niú牛

yáng羊

huì会

tōng通

guò过

dǎo倒

jiào嚼

lái来

chōng充

fèn分

xiāo消

huà化

cǎo草

liào料

。

Cattle and sheep will ruminate to fully digest forage.