狼餐虎咽 — “To eat quickly and ravenously”
狼餐虎咽 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to eat quickly and ravenously”. To gobble down food; to wolf down one's food. Literally, “Wolf dining, tiger devouring”.
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狼餐虎咽 Pronunciation and Pinyin
狼餐虎咽 Character Breakdown
Stroke OrderExample Sentence with 狼餐虎咽
孩子们玩了一下午，肚子饿得咕咕叫，一上桌就狼餐虎咽地吃了起来
After playing all afternoon, the children's stomachs were rumbling, and they began to wolf down their food as soon as they sat at the table.
Idioms Related to 狼餐虎咽
Synonyms of 狼餐虎咽
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yàn咽gobble up food hastily and greedily
- 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
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Open the tool →Questions about 狼餐虎咽
What does 狼餐虎咽 mean?
狼餐虎咽 (láng cān hǔ yàn) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to eat quickly and ravenously”.
How do you pronounce 狼餐虎咽?
狼餐虎咽 is pronounced láng cān hǔ yàn in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 狼餐虎咽 literally mean?
Literally, 狼餐虎咽 means “Wolf dining, tiger devouring”. It is used to mean “to eat quickly and ravenously”.
What is the Chinese definition of 狼餐虎咽?
形容吃东西又猛又急。