虎咽狼吞 — “To eat voraciously and rapidly”
虎咽狼吞 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to eat voraciously and rapidly”. To wolf down food. Literally, “Tiger swallows, wolf devours”.
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虎咽狼吞 Pronunciation and Pinyin
虎咽狼吞 Character Breakdown
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他饿坏了，抓起食物就虎咽狼吞地吃了起来。
He was starving and began to wolf down the food ravenously.
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Open the tool →Questions about 虎咽狼吞
What does 虎咽狼吞 mean?
虎咽狼吞 (hǔ yàn láng tūn) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to eat voraciously and rapidly”.
How do you pronounce 虎咽狼吞?
虎咽狼吞 is pronounced hǔ yàn láng tūn in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 虎咽狼吞 literally mean?
Literally, 虎咽狼吞 means “Tiger swallows, wolf devours”. It is used to mean “to eat voraciously and rapidly”.
What is the Chinese definition of 虎咽狼吞?
咽：吞。形容吃东西又猛又急的样子