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HSK
to attract; to appeal to; to fascinate
HSK 4
to breathe
HSK 4
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to breathe / to suck in / to absorb / to inhale
HSK 4
to absorb / to assimilate / to ingest / to recruit
HSK 4
to smoke
HSK 4
(drinking) straw / pipette / eyedropper / snorkel / CL:
HSK 4
to take drugs
HSK 6
to take in / to absorb / to admit / to accept
HSK 7-9
to absorb / to draw (a lesson, insight etc) / to assimilate
HSK 7-9
sorption (generic term for absorption, adsorption, diffusion, precipitation etc)
vacuum cleaner
absorbent
to suck blood
heat absorption
to absorb moisture
to absorb / to take in and retain
(of an insect) to drink (nectar, sap, blood etc) / (of a person) to take (a narcotic drug) / to drink through a straw
suction pad / sucker
(physics) attraction (gravitational, magnetic, electrostatic etc) / suction / (fig.) attraction (power to attract interest or liking)
a magnet / same as 磁鐵|磁铁
to suck on (sth) / to suck in
trematoda / fluke / trematode worm, approx 6000 species, mostly parasite, incl. on humans
siphon
attractive force (such as gravitation) / sex appeal / attractiveness
vacuum cleaner / dust catcher
artificial respiration (medicine)
to adhere to a surface / to absorb / to draw in / (fig.) to attract / (chemistry) adsorption
breast pump
to vacuum the floor
sucker mouth
to resume smoking (after giving up) / to relapse into smoking or drug abuse
flush-mounted ceiling lamp (loanword)
(of a magnet) to attract metallic objects / (fig.) to exert a magnetic attraction (for investment, tourists etc)
money-spinning / moneymaking
to suckle / to pump breast milk with a breast pump
to absorb carbon
to suck
to attract attention; to catch attention
respiratory system
(neologism c. 2017) to dote on cats
snorkel
leech / bloodsucking vermin / vampire (translated European notion) / fig. cruel exploiter, esp. a capitalist exploiting the workers
schistosomiasis
absorbent
to increase one's followers; to get more fans
Class Trematoda / fluke / trematode worm, a parasite incl. on humans
opposite polarities attract / (fig.) opposite sexes attract / opposites attract
sleep apnea
to de-absorb / to get a chemical out of solution
inhalant
No smoking / Please do not smoke
smoking room
liver fluke
to draw (towards) / to be drawn to / to be sucked in
inhaler
epiglottis
second-hand smoking / passive smoking
digenetic trematode worm (i.e. from Order Digenea 複殖目|复殖目)
absorbed dose
vampire squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis)
shark sucker (Echeneis naucrates)
sound absorption
ventilator (artificial breathing apparatus used in hospitals)
No smoking!
(scuba diving) regulator; demand valve
attractor (math., dynamical systems)
to absorb completely / to drink up
blood sucker / a leech / leecher
absorption / absorbability (chemistry)
"magnetic" force that attracts investment and talented individuals / in particular, the attraction China has for people and capital from around the world
schistosome, parasitic flatworm causing snail fever (bilharzia or schistosomiasis)
upper respiratory tract infection
Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS)
to gasp (with amazement or shock etc) / to feel a chill run down one's spine / to have one's hairs stand on end
(scuba diving) backup regulator; octopus
oral sucker (e.g. on bloodsucking parasite)
Like attracts like.
to breathe in / to suck in / to inhale
suction valve
to draw a lesson (from a setback)
attractor network
toilet plunger
drug addiction
to inhale / to draw in breath
aspirator
to breathe / to absorb oxygen
smoking area
eye-catching
accretion
honeyeater (bird of family Meliphagidae)
to inhale / to breathe in
absorbent
sound-absorbing
regulator (diving)
respiratory tract
severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
gravitation
(bird species of China) rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus)
mutual attraction (e.g. electrostatic) / to attract one another
acetabulum (part of the pelvis bone)

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