蠶食鯨吞

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Chinese

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to eat like a silkworm; to encroach upon; to eat away
to eat like a silkworm; to encroach upon; to eat away; to nibble away at
 
to swallow; to annex
trad. (蠶食鯨吞) 蠶食 鯨吞
simp. (蚕食鲸吞) 蚕食 鲸吞
Literally: “to nibble away like a silkworm or swallow like a whale”.

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Idiom

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蠶食鯨吞

  1. to seize another country's territory by piecemeal encroachment or wholesale annexation