狼吞虎咽láng tūn hǔ yàn
to wolf down one's food [idiom]

Animated Stroke Order

Stroke order SVGs for the characters in 狼吞虎咽.
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咽 stroke order svg

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Character Breakdown

狼吞虎咽 consists of 4 characters.

How to Use 狼吞虎咽 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 狼吞虎咽 with other words naturally.
Idiom + Nounwith样子
láng
tūn
yàn
de
yàng
neutral
wolfish manner
Idiom + Adverbialwith
láng
tūn
yàn
chī
neutral
eat wolfishly
Adverb + Verbwith
bié
láng
tūn
yàn
informalSpoken
don't wolf down food
Verb + Complementwith吃饭
chī
fàn
láng
tūn
yàn
informalSpoken
wolf down a meal

Example Sentences with 狼吞虎咽

chī
fàn
shí
láng
tūn
yàn
He eats like a wolf and a tiger.
jìn
guǎn
cài
yáo
jīng
zhì
què
rán
láng
tūn
yàn
háo
cān
zhuō
yán
Despite the exquisite dishes, he still wolfed down his food without any table manners.
wèi
zǒng
shì
láng
tūn
yàn
nán
dào
néng
jiáo
màn
yàn
ma
Why do you always wolf down your food? Can't you chew slowly and carefully?
hái
zi
men
è饿
huài
le
kàn
dào
shí
jiù
láng
tūn
yàn
chī
lái
The children were starving and started eating voraciously as soon as they saw the food.
bìng
wèi
láng
tūn
yàn
ér
shì
yōu
pǐn
cháng
zhe
měi
dào
jiā
yáo
He did not wolf down his food; instead, he elegantly savored each delicacy.
cháng
shè
hòu
cháng
de
tàn
xiǎn
zhě
men
láng
tūn
yàn
jiě
jué
le
wǎn
cān
After the long trek, the starving explorers wolfed down their dinner.
wèi
le
gǎn
shí
jiān
láng
tūn
yàn
chī
wán
zǎo
cān
jiù
chōng
chū
le
mén
In a hurry, he wolfed down his breakfast and rushed out the door.
kāi
huì
qián
zhī
shèng
shí
fēn
zhōng
zhǐ
hǎo
láng
tūn
yàn
chī
le
sān
míng
zhì
With only ten minutes left before the meeting, he had no choice but to wolf down a sandwich.