狼吞虎咽 lángtūnhǔyàn▶ ตะกละตะกลาม

Stroke order

狼吞虎咽 is written in 34 strokes across 4 characters.

• 狼 — 10 strokes
• 吞 — 7 strokes
• 虎 — 8 strokes
• 咽 — 9 strokes

Senses

1. to wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously
2. to gorge oneself

Related words

• 狼狈ตกที่นั่งลำบาก; จนมุม
• 吞吞吐吐บ่นพึมพำ
• 老虎เสือ
• 马虎ประมาท, ไม่ระมัดระวัง

狼吞虎咽 is pronounced lángtūnhǔyàn and means “ตะกละตะกลาม”. HSK 6 is where this word sits in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the exam used to grade Chinese proficiency. Reading 狼吞虎咽 and remembering it are not the same achievement: the first fades within days unless the second is practised. LexiTrail times each review to the edge of forgetting, which is where a repetition is worth the most.