swallow; devour; consume; annex
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Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesverb
to swallow; to devour; to engulf
Can be used literally for eating, or figuratively for fire, companies, or abstract concepts consuming something.
Dà大
yú鱼
tūn吞
shí食
xiǎo小
yú鱼
。
Big fish devour small fish.
Huǒ火
yàn焰
xùn迅
sù速
tūn吞
shí食
le了
zhěng整
dòng栋
jiàn建
zhù筑
。
The flames quickly engulfed the entire building.
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Zhè这
jiā家
xiǎo小
gōng公
sī司
bèi被
kuà跨
guó国
qǐ企
yè业
tūn吞
shí食
le了
。
This small company was swallowed up by a multinational corporation.
Shé蛇
yī一
kǒu口
tūn吞
shí食
le了
nà那
zhī只
lǎo老
shǔ鼠
。
The snake swallowed the rat in one gulp.