# 狼吞虎咽 (lángtūnhǔyàn)

In Mandarin Chinese, 狼吞虎咽 (lángtūnhǔyàn) means “to wolf down food”. It was previously included at level 6 of the HSK 2.0 exam.

- Meaning: to wolf down food
- Pinyin: lángtūnhǔyàn (lang2 tun1 hu3 yan4)
- Traditional: 狼吞虎嚥
- Not in HSK 3.0
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 他饿坏了，狼吞虎咽地吃了两碗饭。
  Tā è huài le, lángtūnhǔyàn de chī le liǎng wǎn fàn.
  He was starving and wolfed down two bowls of rice.

## Characters

- [狼](https://hanziro.com/word/lang-wolf/) (láng): wolf
- [吞](https://hanziro.com/word/tun-swallow/) (tūn): to swallow; to gulp down
- [虎](https://hanziro.com/word/hu-tiger/) (hǔ): tiger
- [咽](https://hanziro.com/word/yan-swallow/) (yàn): to swallow; throat

https://hanziro.com/word/lang-tun-hu-yan-wolf-down-food/

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