狼吞虎咽 lángtūnhǔyàn

HSK level

Traditional form

狼吞虎嚥

Part of speech

Idiom / 成语 chéngyǔ Chéngyǔ

狼 láng

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 犭 quǎn represents the meaning and 良 liáng represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

良 liáng

Semantic compound

犭 quǎn

Positional decomposition

⿰犭良

Number of Strokes

吞 tūn

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 口 kǒu represents the meaning and 天 tiān represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

天 tiān

Semantic compound

口 kǒu

Positional decomposition

⿱天口

Number of Strokes

虎 hǔ

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a tiger.

Positional decomposition

⿸虍几

Number of Strokes

咽 yān

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 口 kǒu represents the meaning and 因 yīn represents the sound. Simplified form of 嚥 yàn .

Phonetic compound

因 yīn

Semantic compound

口 kǒu

Positional decomposition

⿰口因

Number of Strokes

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猪 zhū 总是 zǒngshì 狼吞虎咽 lángtūnhǔyàn 地 de 吃 chī 东西 dōngxī .

Pigs guzzle their food.

女孩 nǚ hái 把 bǎ 凝成块 kuài 的 de 粥 yù 倒 dǎo 在 zài 我 wǒ 的 de 手里 shǒu lǐ , 我 wǒ 便 biàn 狼吞虎咽 lángtūnhǔyàn 地 de 把粥吃掉 diào 了 le .

The girl emptied the stiffened mould into my hand, and I devoured it ravenously.

在 zài 宴会 yànhuì 上 shǎng 他 tā 狼吞虎咽 lángtūnhǔyàn 地 de 把 bǎ 自己 zìjǐ 塞 Sāi 饱 bǎo .

He gorged himself at the party.

我 wǒ 饿 è 了 le 一 yī 上午 shàngwǔ , 禁不住 jīn bu zhù 狼吞虎咽 lángtūnhǔyàn 了 le 起来 qǐlai .

Being hungry for the whole morning, I couldn't help cramming myself.

为 wéi 了 le 及时 jíshí 赶上 gǎn shàng 火车 huǒ chē , 他 tā 在 zài 5分钟 fēnzhōng 内 nèi 就 jiù 把 bǎ 两 liǎng 碗 wǎn 饭 fàn 狼吞虎咽 lángtūnhǔyàn 地 de 吃光了 le .

In order to catch the train in time, he polished off two bowls of rice in 5 minutes.

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