狼吞虎嚥

See also: 狼吞虎咽

Chinese

		wolf	to swallow; to take	tiger	to swallow
trad. (狼吞虎嚥)		狼	吞	虎	嚥
simp. (狼吞虎咽)		狼	吞	虎	咽
Literally: “To gulp down like wolves and tigers”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lángtūnhǔyàn

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄤˊ ㄊㄨㄣㄏㄨˇ ㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): long⁴ tan¹ fu² jin³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: lángtūnhǔyàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄤˊ ㄊㄨㄣㄏㄨˇ ㄧㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: langtuenhuuyann
  - IPA ^(key): /lɑŋ³⁵ tʰu̯ən⁵⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ i̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: long⁴ tan¹ fu² jin³
  - Yale: lòhng tān fú yin
  - Cantonese Pinyin: long⁴ tan¹ fu² jin³
  - Guangdong Romanization: long⁴ ten¹ fu² yin³
  - IPA ^(key): /lɔːŋ²¹ tʰɐn⁵⁵ fuː³⁵ jiːn³³/

Idiom

狼吞虎嚥

to gorge; to wolf down

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