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Character Decomposition
消=氵+肖
Etymology
water
Meanings
to diminish; to subside
to consume; to reduce
to idle away (the time)
(after 不 bù or 只 zhǐ or 何 hé etc) to need; to require; to take
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Words with 消 338 total
to dispel (doubts, misgivings etc) · to give up on打消dǎ xiāoto not need · needless (to say)不消bù xiāoto cancel; to call off; to revoke; to rescind取消qǔ xiāoto ebb and rise · to decrease and then grow消长xiāo zhǎngto sink into despondency · (of morale, willpower etc) to diminish; to plummet消沉xiāo chénto eliminate · to remove消除xiāo chúto disinfect; to sterilize消毒xiāo dúfirefighting · fire control消防xiāo fángto consume (goods and services, resources etc)消费xiāo fèito consume; to use up · to deplete; to expend · (old) news; mail; message消耗xiāo hàoto digest (food) · (fig.) to absorb (information etc); to assimilate; to process消化xiāo huàoverwhelmed (with joy, sorrow etc) · to feel transported消魂xiāo húnnegative · passive · inactive消极xiāo jí
Idioms with 消 56 total Chain
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