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swallow meaning in Chinese

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swallow [swallows] (bird)
noun
[UK: ˈswɒ.ləʊ]
[US: ˈswɑːlo.ʊ]

燕子 /yànzi/noun

swallow [swallowed, swallowing, swallows] (to believe or accept)
verb
[UK: ˈswɒ.ləʊ]
[US: ˈswɑːlo.ʊ]

相信verb

swallow [swallowed, swallowing, swallows] (to cause to pass from the mouth into the stomach)
verb
[UK: ˈswɒ.ləʊ]
[US: ˈswɑːlo.ʊ]

吞 /tūn/verb

吞嚥 /tūnyàn/verb

咽 /yàn/verb

swallow [swallowed, swallowing, swallows] (to put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation)
verb
[UK: ˈswɒ.ləʊ]
[US: ˈswɑːlo.ʊ]

容忍verb

barn swallow [barn swallows] (species of swallow)
noun
[UK: bɑːn ˈswɒ.ləʊ]
[US: ˈbɑːrn ˈswɑːlo.ʊ]

家燕 /jiāyàn/noun

one swallow does not a summer make (one instance of an event does not necessarily indicate a trend)
phrase
[UK: wʌn ˈswɒ.ləʊ dʌz nɒt ə ˈsʌ.mə(r) ˈmeɪk]
[US: wʌn ˈswɑːlo.ʊ ˈdəz ˈnɑːt ə ˈsʌ.mər ˈmeɪk]

一燕不成夏 /yīyànbùchéngxià/phrase

孤燕不成夏 /gūyànbùchéngxià/phrase

獨燕不成夏 /dúyānbùchéngxià/phrase

pill to swallow (something to accept)
noun

苦果 /kǔguǒ/noun