4 characters Idiom and proverb 16 45

We’re offering free resources to help you learn Chinese. In this series, idioms and proverbs take center stage, known for their deep meanings and versatile usage. Today’s idiom is 「狼飡虎食」, explained below.

This feature highlights the idiom 「狼飡虎食」, with its meaning and examples shown below.

Describes eating quickly and violently. Same as “wolf eats and tiger swallows”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

láng cān hǔ shí

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

long4 syun1 fu2 sik6

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