嚼

to chew / also pr. [jue2]

used in 倒嚼[dao3 jiao4]

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

ancient bronze wine holder with 3 legs and loop handle / nobility

to chew / to think over

tastes as if one is chewing wax (idiom) / tasteless / insipid

lit. tastes as if one is chewing wax (idiom) / fig. tasteless; insipid

to chew / to masticate / to ruminate / to mull over

lit. bread previously chewed by someone has no flavor (idiom) / fig. there's no joy in discovering something if someone else got there first

alcoholic drink made by fermenting chewed rice

(of cows) to ruminate

to bite words and chew characters (idiom); punctilious about minutiae of wording

chewiness

chewiness