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- Eustachian tube (linking the pharynx 咽[yan1] to the tympanic cavity 鼓室[gu3 shi4] of the middle ear)
- auditory tube
- cancers of the nose and throat
- nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC)
Trad. 狼吞虎嚥
- to wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously
- to gorge oneself
- to secure a stranglehold (idiom); fig. to hold a strategic pass
Trad. 打掉門牙，往肚子裡嚥
- lit. to swallow one's knocked-out teeth after getting punched in the face (idiom)
- fig. to endure bullying or insults stoically