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蚕食鲸吞

cán shí jīng tūn

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Định nghĩa

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

Từ cấu thành 蚕食鲸吞

• 吞 吞 tūn: to swallow
• 蚕 蚕 cán: silkworm
• 蚕食 蚕食 cán shí: (lit. and fig.) to nibble away at
• 食 食 shí: to eat
• 食 食 sì: to feed (a person or animal)
• 鲸 鲸 jīng: whale