咽喉
yān hóu
Pinyin
Definition
咽喉
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- throat
Character Decomposition
Idioms (6)
如鲠在喉
- 1 lit. as if having a fish bone stuck in one's throat (idiom)
- 2 fig. very upset and needing to express one's displeasure
扼喉抚背
- 1 lit. to strangle the front and press the back (idiom)
- 2 fig. to occupy all key points (military)
扼襟控咽
- 1 to secure a stranglehold (idiom); fig. to hold a strategic pass
狼吞虎咽
- 1 to wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously
- 2 to gorge oneself
细嚼慢咽
- 1 to eat slowly (idiom)