| 吞 | 1153C35 90.40 | 部居  | 畫數 7 | ㄊㄨㄣ [tun1] | ||
| V.t. | (1) To swallow (lit. & fig.): 吞下去 swallow down; 吞不下咽 cannot swallow food (out of sorrow); 狼吞虎嚥 to eat voraciously; 吞雲吐霧 (fig.) to smoke opium or tobacco; 吞煙 to swallow opium as means of suicide; 吞金，吞刀 swallow gold, knife as means of suicide; 忍氣吞聲 swallow insult and humiliation silently; 吞恨 to suffer grief, anger silently. (2) To absorb, annex another country: 吞併，併吞鄰國 annex neighboring country; 吞併，吞佔，吞據 [tun1bihng, tunjiah, tunjU4]↓; 鯨吞 gobble up neighbor's territory (蠶食 nibble at same). | |||||
| Words | 1. 吞併 [tun1bing4], v.t., to annex (territory) by force. 2. 吞佔 [tun1zhan4], v.t., take possession of land illegally. 3. 吞據 [tun1jU4], v.t., ditto. 4. 吞滅 [tun1mie4], v.t., destroy (another country). 5. 吞沒 [tun1mo4], v.t., (1) destroy (country); (2) embezzle (吞沒公款). 6. 吞噬 [tun1shi4], v.t., to eat up in large mouthfuls, gobble up. 7. 吞吐 [tun1tu3], v.i., not to speak out one's mind straightforwardly: 半吞半吐，吞吞吐吐 “speak a word, swallow the next word”; 吞吐了半天 hem and haw for a long time. | |||||