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Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.swallow; devour; gulp down; gobble; gorge
药太苦了，吞不下。
The medicine is too bitter to get down.
囫囵吞枣
swallow dates whole to lap up information without digesting it
她一口把肉吞了下去。
She ate the meat at one swallow.
synonym
- 2
v.take possession of; annex; seize
侵吞
annex
吞灭
conquer and annex
吞并
embezzle
Words and phrases with 吞
- 吞肩[word]relish
- 吞占[word]invade and occupy
- 吞噬[word]swallow
- 吞声[word]gulp down one's sobs
- 吞食[word]swallow
- 吞并[word]annex
- 吞吃[word]swallow up; embezzle
- 吞涎症[word]sialophagia
- 吞咽[word]swallow
- 吞云吐雾[idiom]smoke tobacco
- 吞吞吐吐[idiom]hesitant in speech
- 吞声饮气[idiom]swallow the voice and hold the breath
- 吞声饮泣[idiom]weep silent tears
Chinese Characters with pinyin tūn
- 暾newly-risen sun