蚕食鲸吞

cán shí jīng tūn

Rare

Definitions

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

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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