狼 láng
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 犭 — dog
- Made of
- 犭 dog 良 good, virtuous, respectable
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
狼吞虎咽
lángtūnhǔyàn
to wolf down food; to gobble
Characters in this word
虎 hǔ
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 虎 — tiger
- Made of
- 虍 tiger 几 small table
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 孩子饿坏了，狼吞虎咽地吃完了一大碗面条。 Háizi è huài le, lángtūn hǔyàn de chī wán le yí dà wǎn miàntiáo. The child was starving and wolfed down a big bowl of noodles.
- 别狼吞虎咽，慢点吃，小心噎着。 Bié lángtūn hǔyàn, màn diǎn chī, xiǎoxīn yē zhe. Don't gobble your food; eat slowly, or you might choke.
- 他跑完步回来，狼吞虎咽地吃了三个包子。 Tā pǎo wán bù huílái, lángtūn hǔyàn de chī le sān gè bāozi. He came back from his run and wolfed down three steamed buns.
Related words
- 狼 láng wolf
- 狼狈 lángbèi in a sorry state; embarrassed; awkward
- 吞 tūn to swallow
- 吞吞吐吐 tūntūntǔtǔ hesitant; faltering; stammering
- 虎 hǔ tiger
- 马虎 mǎhu careless, sloppy
- 哽咽 gěngyè to choke with sobs; to be choked with emotion
- 呜咽 wūyè to sob; to whimper
- 咽喉 yānhóu throat; strategic passage
- 咽 yàn to swallow
- 盛宴 shèngyàn feast; grand banquet; rich display
- 膳食 shànshí diet; meals