Taivo A Taiwan Mandarin dictionary

蠶食鯨吞

cánshíjīngtūn

ㄘㄢˊ ㄕˊ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄊㄨㄣ

Simplified 蚕食鲸吞

  1. 1(lit.) to nibble like a silkworm or swallow like a whale (idiom)
  2. 2(fig.) to seize (territory etc) incrementally or wholesale

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