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狼吞虎咽

láng tūn hǔ yàn

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 狼吞虎嚥

狼吞虎咽 (láng tūn hǔ yàn) means "to wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously; to gorge oneself". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 狼吞虎咽 means

1. to wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously
2. to gorge oneself

The characters in 狼吞虎咽

• 狼lángwolf
• 吞tūnto swallow; to take
• 虎hǔtiger
• 咽yànto swallow

Example sentences

• 他狼吞虎咽地吃了一顿。
  Tā lángtūn-hǔyàn de chī le yī dùn.
  He devoured his meal.
• 别狼吞虎咽的。你最好细嚼慢咽地吃。
  Bié lángtūnhǔyàn de. nǐ zuì hǎo xìjiáomànyàn de chī.
  Stop inhaling your food. You should eat a little slower.

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