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蚕食鲸吞【cán shí jīng tūn】

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

汉语词典Chinese definitions

蚕食鲸吞【cán shí jīng tūn】

chéng yǔ成语

tòu guò透过zhú bù逐步qīn shí侵蚀huò或quán miàn全面zhàn jù占据lái来qīn lüè侵略bìng tūn并吞tā guó他国lǐng tǔ领土

蚕食鲸吞【cán shí jīng tūn】

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

汉语词典Chinese definitions

蚕食鲸吞【cán shí jīng tūn】

chéng yǔ成语

tòu guò透过zhú bù逐步qīn shí侵蚀huò或quán miàn全面zhàn jù占据lái来qīn lüè侵略bìng tūn并吞tā guó他国lǐng tǔ领土

蚕

含义silkworms

拼音cán

食

HSK 21

含义eat; meal; food; Kangxi radical 184

拼音shí

鲸

含义whale

拼音jīng

吞

HSK 62

含义swallow; absorb, annex, engulf

拼音tūn