蚕食鲸吞

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Definitions

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

Child Words of 蚕食鲸吞

to swallow

silkworm

(lit. and fig.) to nibble away at

to eat

to feed (a person or animal)

whale