吞噬 tūn shì to swallow / to engulf / to gobble up syn 燕尾服 yàn wěi fú swallow-tailed coat / tails syn 咽下 嚥下 yàn xià to swallow syn 生吞活剥 生吞活剝 shēng tūn huó bō to swallow whole (idiom) / fig. to apply uncritically syn 燕子 yàn zi swallow syn 忍气吞声 忍氣吞聲 rěn qì tūn shēng to submit to humiliation (idiom) / to suffer in silence / to swallow one's anger / to grin and bear it syn 吞没 吞沒 tūn mò to embezzle / to swallow up / to engulf syn 吞咽 吞嚥 tūn yàn to swallow / to gulp syn 侵吞 qīn tūn to annex / to swallow (up) / to embezzle syn 吞服 tūn fú to swallow / to take (medicine) syn 并吞 併吞 bìng tūn to swallow up / to annex / to merge syn 囫囵吞枣 囫圇吞棗 hú lún tūn zǎo to swallow in one gulp (idiom) / (fig.) to accept without thinking / to lap up syn 莺歌燕舞 鶯歌燕舞 yīng gē yàn wǔ the warbler sings and the swallow dances / prosperity abounds (idiom) syn 劳燕分飞 勞燕分飛 láo yàn fēn fēi the shrike and the swallow fly in different directions (idiom) / (usually of a couple) to part from each other syn 吞 tūn to swallow / to take syn 咽 嚥 yàn to swallow syn 饵 餌 ěr pastry / food / to swallow / to lure / bait / lure syn 食古不化 shí gǔ bù huà to swallow ancient learning without digesting it (idiom) / to be pedantic without having a mastery of one's subject syn 银燕 銀燕 yín yàn silver swallow / airplane (affectionate) 吞声 吞聲 tūn shēng to swallow one's cries syn 哙 噲 kuài throat / to swallow syn 吞云吐雾 吞雲吐霧 tūn yún tǔ wù to swallow clouds and blow out fog (idiom) / to blow cigarette or opium smoke 来鸿去燕 來鴻去燕 lái hóng qù yàn lit. the goose comes, the swallow goes (idiom) / fig. always on the move 燕雀安知鸿鹄之志 燕雀安知鴻鵠之志 yàn què ān zhī hóng hú zhī zhì 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? 燕雀相贺 燕雀相賀 yàn què xiàng hè lit. sparrow and swallow's congratulation (idiom) / fig. to congratulate sb on completion of a building project / congratulations on your new house! 良药苦口 良藥苦口 liáng yào kǔ kǒu good medicine tastes bitter (idiom) / fig. frank criticism is hard to swallow 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) 囫囵吞下 囫圇吞下 hú lún tūn xià to swallow whole / (fig.) to swallow (lies etc) 嚃 tà (literary) to drink / to swallow 嚥 yàn to swallow 家燕 jiā yàn (bird species of China) barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) syn 包举 包舉 bāo jǔ to summarize / to swallow up / to annex / to merge 燕尾蝶 yān wěi dié swallow tail butterfly (family Papilionidae) 燕雀乌鹊 燕雀烏鵲 yàn què wū què lit. sparrow and swallow, crow and magpie / fig. any Tom, Dick or Harry / a bunch of nobodies 燕雀焉知鸿鹄之志 燕雀焉知鴻鵠之志 yàn què yān zhī hóng gǔ zhī zhì 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? 觾 yàn variant of 燕[yan4], swallow 身轻如燕 身輕如燕 shēn qīng rú yàn as lithe as a swallow (of athlete or beautiful girl) 雏燕 雛燕 chú yàn swallow chick syn 龛影 龕影 kān yǐng (radiography) the shadow of a peptic ulcer in a barium-swallow X-ray 斯沃洛浮筒 Swallow float 吞精 tūn jīng to swallow semen 卷裹 juǎn guǒ to wrap up / (fig.) to envelop / to swallow up 燕子衔泥垒大窝 燕子銜泥壘大窩 yàn zi xián ní lěi dà wō the swallow's nest is built one beakful of mud at a time (idiom) / many a little makes a mickle 斑腰燕 bān yāo yàn (bird species of China) striated swallow (Cecropis striolata) 洋燕 yáng yàn (bird species of China) Pacific swallow (Hirundo tahitica) 线尾燕 線尾燕 xiàn wěi yàn (bird species of China) wire-tailed swallow (Hirundo smithii) 金腰燕 jīn yāo yàn (bird species of China) red-rumped swallow (Cecropis daurica) 呛到 嗆到 qiāng dào to choke on (food etc) / to swallow the wrong way 乳燕 rǔ yàn baby swallow 打掉门牙，往肚子里咽 打掉門牙，往肚子裡嚥 dǎ diào mén yá , wǎng dù zi lǐ yàn lit. to swallow one's knocked-out teeth after getting punched in the face (idiom) / fig. to endure bullying or insults stoically 蚕食鲸吞 蠶食鯨吞 cán shí jīng tūn lit. to nibble like a silkworm or swallow like a whale (idiom) / fig. to seize (territory etc) incrementally or wholesale syn 燕尾蝶 yàn wěi dié swallow tail butterfly (family Papilionidae) 蚕食鲸吞 蠶食鯨吞 cán shí - jīng tūn lit. to nibble like a silkworm or swallow like a whale (idiom) / fig. to seize (territory etc) incrementally or wholesale syn 