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蚕食鲸吞

cán shí jīng tūn

Definitions

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

Child Words of 蚕食鲸吞

蚕
cán
食
sì
吞
tūn
蚕食
cán shí
鲸
jīng
食
shí