蚕食鲸吞

cán shí jīng tūn

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Definitionen

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

Bestandteilwörter von 蚕食鲸吞

吞
tūn

to swallow

蚕
cán

silkworm

蚕食
cán shí

(lit. and fig.) to nibble away at

食
shí

to eat

食
sì

to feed (a person or animal)

鲸
jīng

whale