光合作用

photosynthesis

light / ray / CL:道[dao4] / bright / only / merely / to use up

photosynthesis

100 ml / one-tenth of a peck / measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗

to close / to join / to fit / to be equal to / whole / together / round (in battle) / conjunction (astronomy) / 1st note of pentatonic scale / old variant of 盒[he2]

variant of 合[he2]

to cooperate / to collaborate / to work together / cooperation / CL:個|个[ge4]

worker / workshop / (slang) troublesome / high-maintenance (person)

to do; to engage in / to write; to compose / to pretend; to feign / to regard as; to consider to be / to be; to act the part of / to feel (itchy, nauseous etc) / writings; works

to act on / to affect / action / function / activity / impact / result / effect / purpose / intent / (suffix) -ation, -tion etc, as in 抑制作用[yi4 zhi4 zuo4 yong4], inhibition

to use / to employ / to have to / to eat or drink / expense or outlay / usefulness / hence / therefore