狼吞虎咽 lángtūnhǔyàn in a sentence
To wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously; to gorge oneself†
狼吞虎咽 (lángtūnhǔyàn) means To wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously, to gorge oneself †. Below are 2 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
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How is 狼吞虎咽 used in a sentence?
This page shows 2 sentences using 狼吞虎咽 (lángtūnhǔyàn, "To wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously, to gorge oneself †"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
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Is 狼吞虎咽 an HSK word?
Yes — 狼吞虎咽 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.
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