狼吞虎嚥
simp狼吞虎咽long4 tan1 fu2 jin3láng tūn hǔ yàn
English
- to wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously
- to devour food; to gorge oneself; to wolf down food
- to gorge oneself
粵語 — Cantonese
- 食嘢又狼又急又猴擒,好似狼同老虎吞嘢食落肚噉
Examples
記者食飯時間短,都係狼吞虎嚥。
Reporters have a short lunch time and just wolf down their meal.
他狼吞虎咽地吃了一顿。
He devoured his meal.
Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY
他狼吞虎咽地吃了食物。
He wolfed down the food.
Tatoeba · jan_OkulaJu CC BY
别狼吞虎咽的。你最好细嚼慢咽地吃。
Stop inhaling your food. You should eat a little slower.
Tatoeba · fenfang557 CC BY
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk