吞食
tūn shí
Pinyin

Definition

吞食
 - 
tūn shí
  1. to devour

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

美食
měi shí
  1. 1 culinary delicacy
  2. 2 fine food
  3. 3 gourmet food
零食
líng shí
  1. 1 between-meal nibbles
  2. 2 snacks
食
shí
  1. 1 to eat
  2. 2 food
  3. 3 animal feed
  4. 4 eclipse
食品
shí pǐn
  1. 1 foodstuff
  2. 2 food
  3. 3 provisions
  4. 4 classifier: 种 zhǒng
食物
shí wù
  1. 1 food
  2. 2 classifier: 种 zhǒng

Idioms (20)

三旬九食
sān xún jiǔ shí
  1. 1 lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of a family) on the brink of starvation
  3. 3 in dire straits
人心不足蛇吞象
rén xīn bù zú shé tūn xiàng
  1. 1 a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant (idiom)
人为财死，鸟为食亡
rén wèi cái sǐ , niǎo wèi shí wáng
  1. 1 lit. human beings will die for riches, just as birds will for food (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. man will do anything in his means to become rich
吞吞吐吐
tūn tūn tǔ tǔ
  1. 1 to hum and haw (idiom); to mumble as if hiding sth
  2. 2 to speak and break off, then start again
  3. 3 to hold sth back
吞云吐雾
tūn yún tǔ wù
  1. 1 to swallow clouds and blow out fog (idiom)
  2. 2 to blow cigarette or opium smoke

Sample Sentences

裂口中喷出的火焰燃烧着人们的房屋和农作物。地下水也从缝隙中喷涌而出，淹没了大地。虎狼猛兽也跑下山来吞食人类。
lièkǒu zhōng pēn chū de huǒyàn ránshāo zhe rénmen de fángwū hé nóngzuòwù 。dìxiàshuǐ yě cóng fèngxì zhōng pēnyǒng érchū ，yānmò le dàdì 。hǔ láng měngshòu yě pǎo xià shān lái tūnshí rénlèi 。
The fire that rushed out of the gap burned the peoples' houses and crops. Water gushed from the cavity and flooded the earth. Tigers, wolves and beasts rushed down the mountain to devour the humans.
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