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ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
1	咽	咽	yàn	yan4	to swallow; variant of 咽
2	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	da3 diao4 men2 ya2 , wang3 du4 zi5 li3 yan4	lit. to swallow one's knocked-out teeth after getting punched in the face (idiom); fig. to endure bullying or insults stoically
3	半吐半咽	半吐半咽	bàn tǔ bàn yàn	ban4 tu3 ban4 yan4	to mumble sth.; to speak hesitantly (idiom)
4	狼吞虎咽	狼吞虎嚥	láng tūn hǔ yàn	lang2 tun1 hu3 yan4	to wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously; to gorge oneself
5	吞咽	吞嚥	tūn yàn	tun1 yan4	to swallow; to gulp
6	吞咽困难	吞嚥困難	tūn yàn kùn nán	tun1 yan4 kun4 nan2	dysphagia (medicine)
7	细嚼慢咽	細嚼慢嚥	xì jiáo màn yàn	xi4 jiao2 man4 yan4	to eat slowly (idiom)
8	咽气	嚥氣	yàn qì	yan4 qi4	to die; to breathe one's last
9	咽下	嚥下	yàn xià	yan4 xia4	to swallow; to suppress
10	咽下困难	嚥下困難	yàn xià kùn nán	yan4 xia4 kun4 nan2	dysphagia (medicine)
11	咽住	嚥住	yàn zhù	yan4 zhu4	to suppress (a sob, harsh words etc)