狼吞虎餐 — “To eat very quickly and ravenously”
狼吞虎餐 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to eat very quickly and ravenously”. To gobble up food; to devour like a wolf and a tiger. Literally, “wolf swallow tiger feast”.
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狼吞虎餐 Pronunciation and Pinyin
狼吞虎餐 Character Breakdown
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孩子们玩了一整天，晚餐时个个狼吞虎餐，很快就把饭菜吃光了
After playing all day, the children devoured their dinner like wolves and tigers, finishing their meal in no time.
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Synonyms of 狼吞虎餐
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- 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
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What does 狼吞虎餐 mean?
狼吞虎餐 (láng tūn hǔ cān) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to eat very quickly and ravenously”.
How do you pronounce 狼吞虎餐?
狼吞虎餐 is pronounced láng tūn hǔ cān in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 狼吞虎餐 literally mean?
Literally, 狼吞虎餐 means “wolf swallow tiger feast”. It is used to mean “to eat very quickly and ravenously”.
What is the Chinese definition of 狼吞虎餐?
形容吃东西又猛又急。