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Definition(s) for: 狼吞虎咽

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
狼吞虎咽 láng tūn hǔ yàn - to wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously
- to gorge oneself

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 20,901 40,904 27,831

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
狼 láng- wolf
- CL:匹[pi3],隻|只[zhi1],條|条[tiao2]
吞 tūn- to swallow
- to take
虎 hǔ- tiger
- CL:隻|只[zhi1]
咽 yān- throat; pharynx
- narrow pass
咽 yàn- variant of 嚥|咽[yan4]
咽 yè- to choke (in crying)
咽 yàn- to swallow

Other Words Containing 狼吞虎咽

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
狼吞虎咽 - - 20,901 40,904 27,831