HSK 6 vocabulary › 狼吞虎咽
狼吞虎咽
狼吞虎咽 in English: to wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously
láng tūn hǔ yàn
to wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously; to gorge oneself
How to pronounce 狼吞虎咽
láng tūn hǔ yàn (without tone marks: lang tun hu yan). láng is a second (rising) tone; tūn is a first (high, level) tone; hǔ is a third (low, dipping) tone; yàn is a fourth (sharply falling) tone.
Characters in 狼吞虎咽
狼 láng
wolf
wolf
吞 tūn
to swallow; to take
to swallow; to take
虎 hǔ
tiger
tiger
咽 yàn
throat; pharynx; narrow pass
throat; pharynx; narrow pass
Related words
| 老虎 | lǎo hǔ | tiger | HSK 4 |
| 马虎 | mǎ hu | careless; sloppy | HSK 4 |
| 狼狈 | láng bèi | in a difficult situation; to cut a sorry figure | HSK 6 |
| 吞吞吐吐 | tūn tūn tǔ tǔ | to hum and haw (idiom); to mumble as if hiding sth | HSK 6 |