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to swallow (food or drink)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *吞* | 吞* | *吞
to swallow / to take
HSK 6
to swallow in one gulp (idiom) / (fig.) to accept without thinking / to lap up
to swallow / to engulf / to gobble up
lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom) / fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great?
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嗆* | 嗆* | *嗆
to choke (because of swallowing the wrong way)
HSK 7-9
(bird species of China) barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)
good medicine tastes bitter (idiom); fig. frank criticism is hard to swallow
swallow
HSK 7-9
to annex / to swallow (up) / to embezzle
to swallow whole / (fig.) to swallow (lies etc)
baby swallow
to swallow / to take (medicine)
as lithe as a swallow (of athlete or beautiful girl)
to choke on (food etc) / to swallow the wrong way
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *噲* | 噲* | *噲
throat / to swallow
to swallow
(bird species of China) striated swallow (Cecropis striolata)
(lit.) to have swallowed gunpowder / (fig.) to be ablaze with anger / ornery / snappy
swallow-tailed coat / tails
to suffer in silence; to endure hardship or injustice without complaint; to swallow one's grievances
to swallow up / to annex / to merge
to commit suicide by swallowing gold
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嚥* | 嚥* | *嚥
to swallow
HSK 7-9
to submit to humiliation (idiom); to suffer in silence / to swallow one's anger / to grin and bear it
Hirundinidae (the family of swallows and martins)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *餌* | 餌* | *餌
pastry / food / to swallow / to lure / bait / lure
lit. when someone tells you you're fat, you pant (as if you were actually fat) (idiom) / fig. Hey! I pay you a compliment, and you start bragging! (typically jocular and teasing) / flattery, like perfume, should be smelled, not swallowed
silver swallow / airplane (affectionate)
to summarize / to swallow up / to annex / to merge
swallow chick
to swallow / to gulp
(bird species of China) Pacific swallow (Hirundo tahitica)
the warbler sings and the swallow dances / prosperity abounds (idiom)
to swallow one's cries
to embezzle / to swallow up / to engulf
(bird species of China) wire-tailed swallow (Hirundo smithii)
to wrap up / (fig.) to envelop / to swallow up
lit. the goose comes, the swallow goes (idiom); fig. always on the move
the shrike and the swallow fly in different directions (idiom) / (usually of a couple) to part from each other
the swallow's nest is built one beakful of mud at a time (idiom) / many a little makes a mickle
(radiography) the shadow of a peptic ulcer in a barium-swallow X-ray
to swallow ancient learning without digesting it (idiom) / to be pedantic without having a mastery of one's subject
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嚃* | 嚃* | *嚃
(literary) to drink; to swallow
lit. to swallow one's knocked-out teeth after getting punched in the face (idiom) / fig. to endure bullying or insults stoically
lit. sparrow and swallow's congratulation (idiom); fig. to congratulate sb on completion of a building project / congratulations on your new house!
to swallow clouds and blow out fog (idiom) / to blow cigarette or opium smoke
(bird species of China) red-rumped swallow (Cecropis daurica)
a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant (idiom)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *燕* | 燕* | *燕
swallow (family Hirundinidae) / old variant of
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鷾* | 鷾* | *鷾
a swallow
lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom); fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great?
to swallow whole (idiom); fig. to apply uncritically
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嘓* | 嘓* | *嘓
sound of swallowing / croak
lit. to nibble like a silkworm or swallow like a whale (idiom) / fig. to seize (territory etc) incrementally or wholesale
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鳦* | 鳦* | *鳦
a swallow (bird)
to swallow semen
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *觾* | 觾* | *觾
variant of , swallow


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