消化道

消化道	xiāo huà dào	digestive tract
消	xiāo	to diminish; to subside / to consume; to reduce / to idle away (the time) / (after 不 or 只 or 何 etc) to need; to require; to take
消化	xiāo huà	to digest (food) / (fig.) to absorb (information etc); to assimilate; to process
化	huā	variant of 花
化	huà	to make into / to change into / -ization / to ... -ize / to transform / abbr. for 化学
道	dào	road; path (CL:条,股) / (bound form) way; reason; principle / (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization / (Daoism) the Way; the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division)