吞 (tūn) — to swallow (food, pills, emotions); to take over, to annex (a company, territory)
Definition
吞 (tūn) means 'to swallow' — physical gulping (food, pills) or, figuratively, a powerful entity engulfing or absorbing something (a flood, a company). For 'take over' a job, prefer 接手 or 接班.
verb
to swallow (food, pills, emotions)to take overto annex (a company, territory)
Examples
- 吞。Tā yì kǒu tūn xià le yào piàn.He swallowed the pill in one gulp.
- 。Zhè jiā xiǎo gōng sī bèi dà qǐ yè tūn bìng le.This small company was taken over by a big corporation.
- 。Hóng shuǐ tūn mò le zhěng gè cūn zhuāng.The flood engulfed the entire village.
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