咀嚼

wǒ xǐ huan jǔ jué shí wù de shēng yīn

我喜欢咀嚼食物的声音。

I like the sound of chewing food.

bù yào jǔ jué kǒu xiāng táng

不要咀嚼口香糖。

Don't chew gum.

tā zài cān tīng li jīn jīn yǒu wèi de jǔ jué zhe měi wèi de yú xiā

他在餐厅里津津有味地咀嚼着美味的鱼虾。

He chewed delicious fish and shrimp in the restaurant with relish.

shī jù de yì jìng nài rén jǔ jué

诗句的意境，耐人咀嚼。

The artistic mood of the poem provides much food for thought.

nǐ yào jǔ jué tā de hán yì

你要咀嚼它的含义。

You have to mull over the implications of it.

yǎn yuán yào duì měi jù tái cí dōu fǎn fù yín yǒng jǔ jué cái néng jìn rù jué sè

演员要对每句台词都反复吟咏、咀嚼，才能进入角色。

An actor must rehearse his lines again and again, chewing on them so to speak, before he can hope to get inside the character that he is playing.