狼吞虎咽
Old HSK 6
狼吞虎咽 (lángtūnhǔyàn) · to wolf down food
狼吞虎咽 (lángtūnhǔyàn) means “to wolf down food”. It is written with 4 characters: 狼 (wolf) + 吞 (to absorb) + 虎 (tiger) + 咽 (throat). It is an old HSK 6 word (HSK 2.0).
How 狼吞虎咽 is built
The characters
狼 láng · wolf
What 狼 is made of
- 犭quǎn — dog
- 良liáng — good
- 丶 — dot
- 艮gěn — blunt
吞 tūn · to absorb
What 吞 is made of
- 天tiān — sky
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 大dà — big
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 人rén — person
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
虎 hǔ · tiger
What 虎 is made of
- 虍hū — tiger
- 七qī — seven
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 乚 — hook stroke
- 七qī — seven
- 几jǐ — small table
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 乙yǐ — second
咽 yàn · throat
What 咽 is made of
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
- 因yīn — cause
- 囗wéi — enclosure
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 大dà — big
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 人rén — person
- 囗wéi — enclosure
Example sentences
他饿坏了，狼吞虎咽地吃了起来。Tā è huài le, lángtūnhǔyàn de chī le qǐlai.He was starving and started wolfing down his food.
吃饭不要狼吞虎咽。Chīfàn búyào lángtūnhǔyàn.Don't gobble your food.
Questions about 狼吞虎咽
What does 狼吞虎咽 mean?
狼吞虎咽 (lángtūnhǔyàn) means “to wolf down food”.
How do you pronounce 狼吞虎咽?
狼吞虎咽 is pronounced lángtūnhǔyàn.
Which HSK level is 狼吞虎咽?
狼吞虎咽 is in Old HSK 6.
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Learn 狼吞虎咽 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 112: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.