狼吞虎咽 — “To gobble up food”
狼吞虎咽 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to gobble up food”. To wolf down one's meal; to devour food hastily and greedily. Literally, “Wolf swallows, tiger gulps”.
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狼吞虎咽 Pronunciation and Pinyin
- 狼láng
- 吞tūn
- 虎hǔ
- 咽yàn
狼吞虎咽 Character Breakdown
Example Sentence with 狼吞虎咽
小明饿坏了，饭菜一上桌就狼吞虎咽地吃起来
Xiao Ming was starving, and started wolfing down the food as soon as it was served.
Idioms Related to 狼吞虎咽
Synonyms of 狼吞虎咽
Antonyms of 狼吞虎咽
More idioms starting with 狼
- láng狼qián前hǔ虎hòu后escape one danger only to fall into another
- láng狼hào号guǐ鬼jiào叫wail and shriek mournfully
- láng狼háo号guǐ鬼kū哭wailing like wolves and crying like ghosts
- láng狼chī吃fú幞tóu头suffer in silence
- láng狼tūn吞hǔ虎shì噬ruthlessly exploit with extreme avarice
- láng狼tūn吞hǔ虎cān餐eat very quickly and ravenously
- láng狼háo嗥gǒu狗jiào叫tumultuous racket of unruly people
- láng狼háo嗥guǐ鬼jiào叫to shriek and wail mournfully
- láng狼háo嚎guǐ鬼jiào叫eerie howling and screaming
- láng狼duō多ròu肉shǎo少too many competitors for limited resources
- láng狼bēn奔tù兔tuō脱flee in panic
- láng狼bēn奔shǐ豕tū突to rampage wildly and disruptively
Questions about 狼吞虎咽
- What does 狼吞虎咽 mean?
- 狼吞虎咽 (láng tūn hǔ yàn) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to gobble up food”.
- How do you pronounce 狼吞虎咽?
- 狼吞虎咽 is pronounced láng tūn hǔ yàn in Mandarin Chinese.
- What does 狼吞虎咽 literally mean?
- Literally, 狼吞虎咽 means “Wolf swallows, tiger gulps”. It is used to mean “to gobble up food”.
- What is the Chinese definition of 狼吞虎咽?
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