代谢 (dài xiè) — (biology) to metabolize; metabolism; (literary) to supersede; to replace (the old with the new)
Definition
In modern usage, 代谢 means 'metabolize / metabolism' (biology). The literary sense of 'the new replacing the old' is a different, older meaning you may still meet in formal writing.
verb
(biology) to metabolizemetabolism(literary) to supersedeto replace (the old with the new)
Examples
- 代谢。Yào wù zài gān zàng zhōng dài xiè.The drug is metabolized in the liver.
- 代谢。Xīn jiù dài xiè shì zì rán guī lǜ.The replacement of the old by the new is a natural law.
- 代谢。Zhè zhǒng jī sù néng jiā sù xì bāo dài xiè.This hormone can accelerate cell metabolism.
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