Taiwan Mandarin

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吞噬

tūn shì·ㄊㄨㄣㄕˋ

“to annex; to devour; in medicine, to engulf and destroy bacteria or foreign matter”

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tūn·ㄊㄨㄣ

to swallow; to engulf or absorb; to annex or eliminate; to contain or take in

to bite; to devour; to gnaw; to snap at; to encroach upon or usurp