tūn shì

吞噬 (tūn shì) is a Chinese word meaning “to swallow; to engulf; to gobble up”.

Meanings

  1. 1to swallow
  2. 2to engulf
  3. 3to gobble up

Characters in 吞噬

吞tūn · to swallow噬shì · to devour

Related words

吞to swallow生吞活剥to swallow whole (idiom); fig. to apply uncritically独吞to hog狼吞虎咽to wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously吞并to annex噬to devour忍气吞声to submit to humiliation (idiom); to suffer in silence吞没to embezzle吞咽to swallow吞食to devour慢吞吞very slow吞吞吐吐to hum and haw (idiom); to mumble as if hiding sth

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