What 狼吞虎咽 means
- wolf down one's food (idiom)
- gorge oneself
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What does 狼吞虎咽 mean in English?
狼吞虎咽 is pronounced lángtūnhǔyàn and means wolf down one's food (idiom), gorge oneself.
How do you pronounce 狼吞虎咽?
狼吞虎咽 is lángtūnhǔyàn in pinyin — written langtunhuyan without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.
What are the characters in 狼吞虎咽?
狼吞虎咽 is written with 4 characters: 狼 (láng) Wolf, 吞 (tūn) Swallow (to take), 虎 (hǔ) Tiger, 咽 (yān) Pharynx. Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.
Is 狼吞虎咽 an HSK word?
Yes — 狼吞虎咽 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.
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