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to breathe / to suck in / to absorb / to inhale
HSK 4
to attract; to appeal to; to fascinate
HSK 4
to breathe
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
to adhere to a surface / to absorb / to draw in / (fig.) to attract / (chemistry) adsorption
sound-absorbing
absorbent
to breathe in / to suck in / to inhale
to suck blood
heat absorption
to absorb moisture
to breathe / to absorb oxygen
(lit. and fig.) to siphon
(of an insect) to drink (nectar, sap, blood etc) / (of a person) to take (a narcotic drug) / to drink through a straw
trematoda / fluke / trematode worm, approx 6000 species, mostly parasite, incl. on humans
schistosoma
suction pad / sucker
sorption (generic term for absorption, adsorption, diffusion, precipitation etc)
(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
to inhale / to draw in breath
siphon
attractive force (such as gravitation) / sex appeal / attractiveness
doorstop
vacuum cleaner
vacuum cleaner / dust catcher
artificial respiration (medicine)
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)
money-spinning / moneymaking
to suckle / to pump breast milk with a breast pump
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
opposite polarities attract / (fig.) opposite sexes attract / opposites attract
sleep apnea
respiratory tract
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
absorbed dose
vampire squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis)
ventilator (artificial breathing apparatus used in hospitals)
shark sucker (Echeneis naucrates)
sound absorption
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)
gravitation
"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.
suction valve
to draw a lesson (from a setback)
attractor network
toilet plunger
drug addiction
aspirator
smoking area
to absorb / to take in and retain
eye-catching
to absorb carbon
accretion
honeyeater (bird of family Meliphagidae)
Class Trematoda / fluke / trematode worm, a parasite incl. on humans
to inhale / to breathe in
absorbent
regulator (diving)
severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
(bird species of China) rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus)
mutual attraction (e.g. electrostatic) / to attract one another

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