láng tūn hǔ yàn

Traditional: 狼吞虎嚥

狼吞虎咽 (láng tūn hǔ yàn) is a Chinese word meaning “to wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously; to gorge oneself”.

Meanings

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

Characters in 狼吞虎咽

狼láng · wolf吞tūn · to swallow虎hǔ · tiger咽yān · throat; pharynx

Related words

狼wolf吞to swallow虎tiger老虎tiger吞噬to swallow咽throat; pharynx咽to choke (in crying)咽to swallow咽variant of 嚥|咽[yan4]猛虎fierce tiger天狼星Sirius, a double star in constellation Canis Major 大犬座色狼lecher; pervert; wolf

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