44 results for *吞*

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  1. to swallow; to take

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吞噬tūn shì

to swallow; to engulf; to gobble up

吞没tūn mò

to embezzle; to swallow up; to engulf

慢吞吞màn tūn tūn

very slow; exasperatingly slow

吞食tūn shí

to devour

独吞dú tūn

to hog; to keep everything for oneself

狼吞虎咽láng tūn hǔ yàn

to wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously; to gorge oneself

忍气吞声rěn qì tūn shēng

to submit to humiliation (idiom); to suffer in silence; to swallow one's anger; to grin and bear it

吞并tūn bìng

to annex

云吞yún tūn

wonton

侵吞qīn tūn

to annex; to swallow (up); to embezzle

吞吃tūn chī

to devour

吞吐tūn tǔ

to take in and send out (in large quantities)

吞咽tūn yàn

to swallow; to gulp

吞声tūn shēng

to swallow one's cries

吞服tūn fú

to swallow; to take (medicine)

吞灭tūn miè

to absorb

吞精tūn jīng

to swallow semen

吞金tūn jīn

to commit suicide by swallowing gold

吞音tūn yīn

(linguistics) elision

并吞bìng tūn

to swallow up; to annex; to merge

温吞wēn tūn

tepid; lukewarm; (fig.) apathetic; half-hearted; sluggish; mild-tempered

私吞sī tūn

to misappropriate (public funds etc); to embezzle

吞吐量tūn tǔ liàng

throughput

吞拿鱼tūn ná yú

(loanword) tuna

吞云吐雾tūn yún tǔ wù

to swallow clouds and blow out fog (idiom); to blow cigarette or opium smoke

吞吞吐吐tūn tūn tǔ tǔ

to hum and haw (idiom); to mumble as if hiding sth; to speak and break off, then start again; to hold sth back

吞咽困难tūn yàn kùn nán

dysphagia (medicine)

吞噬作用tūn shì zuò yòng

(biology) phagocytosis

吞噬细胞tūn shì xì bāo

phagocyte (cell that ingests and destroys foreign matter)

吞声忍气tūn shēng rěn qì

see 忍氣吞聲|忍气吞声[ren3 qi4 tun1 sheng1]

嗳气吞酸ǎi qì tūn suān

(TCM) belching and acid reflux

嗳腐吞酸ǎi fǔ tūn suān

putrid belching with regurgitation of stomach acid (medical term)

囫囵吞下hú lún tūn xià

to swallow whole; (fig.) to swallow (lies etc)

囫囵吞枣hú lún tūn zǎo

to swallow in one gulp (idiom); (fig.) to accept without thinking; to lap up

巴吞鲁日Bā tūn Lǔ rì

Baton Rouge, capital of Louisiana

慢慢吞吞màn man tūn tūn

very slow

生吞活剥shēng tūn huó bō

to swallow whole (idiom); fig. to apply uncritically

蚕食鲸吞cán shí jīng tūn

(lit.) to nibble like a silkworm or swallow like a whale (idiom); (fig.) to seize (territory etc) incrementally or wholesale

饮恨吞声yǐn hèn tūn shēng

to harbor a grudge with deep-seated hatred (idiom)

吞米桑布札Tūn mǐ Sāng bù zhá

Tunmi Sanghuzha (6th century AD), originator of the Tibetan script

大吞噬细胞dà tūn shì xì bāo

macrophage

小吞噬细胞xiǎo tūn shì xì bāo

microphage (a type of white blood cell)

人心不足蛇吞象rén xīn bù zú shé tūn xiàng

a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant (idiom)