狼吞虎咽 — Chinese idiom
狼吞虎咽
láng tūn hǔ yàn
Traditional: 狼吞虎嚥
Meaning
- to wolf down one's food ; to devour ravenously
- to gorge oneself
Character by character
- 狼lángwolf
- 吞tūnto absorb, to annex; to engulf; to swallow
- 虎hǔtiger; brave, fierce; surname
- 咽yànthroat; pharynx
Idioms sharing a character
- 引狼入室 yǐn láng rù shì
- 杯盘狼藉 bēi pán láng jí
- 狼奔豕突 láng bēn shǐ tū
- 狼子野心 láng zǐ yě xīn
- 狼心狗肺 láng xīn gǒu fèi
- 狼烟四起 láng yān sì qǐ
- 狼狈为奸 láng bèi wéi jiān
- 狼虫虎豹 láng chóng hǔ bào
- 豺狼当道 chái láng dāng dào
- 豺狼虎豹 chái láng hǔ bào
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