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吞
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Definitions
- 1. to swallow
- 2. to take
Example Sentences
1 shown吞 下吧！
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 吞
to devour
to hog
tepid; lukewarm
putrid belching with regurgitation of stomach acid (medical term)
to take in and send out (in large quantities)
microphage (a type of white blood cell)
a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant (idiom)
to embezzle
tuna (loanword)
to absorb
to swallow
to swallow whole
see 忍氣吞聲|忍气吞声[rěn qì tūn shēng]
very slow
to devour
phagocyte (cell that ingests and destroys foreign matter)
to swallow clouds and blow out fog (idiom)
to swallow in one gulp (idiom)
to swallow semen
to annex
phagocytosis (ingesting and destroying foreign matter)
Baton Rouge, capital of Louisiana
tuna (loanword)
very slow
(linguistics) elision
to wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously
to swallow
dysphagia (medicine)
to harbor a grudge with deep-seated hatred (idiom)
to swallow
to swallow one's cries
macrophage
to annex
lit. to nibble like a silkworm or swallow like a whale (idiom)
to hum and haw (idiom); to mumble as if hiding sth
Tunmi Sanghuzha (6th century AD), originator of the Tibetan script
wonton
belching and acid swallowing (medical term)
to swallow whole (idiom); fig. to apply uncritically
to misappropriate (public funds etc)
to swallow up
to submit to humiliation (idiom); to suffer in silence