蚕食 cánshí to nibble away at Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 蚕食 蠶食 cánshí to nibble away at to eat slowly like a silkworm; to gradually encroach upon or seize territory or property piece by piece to exploit to prey upon or fleece the common people through heavy taxation, high interest, or corruption Frequency Movie subtitles 0.780 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 1.49 per million Cross-References Referenced by 蚕 cán Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
蚕食 蠶食 cánshí to nibble away at to eat slowly like a silkworm; to gradually encroach upon or seize territory or property piece by piece to exploit to prey upon or fleece the common people through heavy taxation, high interest, or corruption Frequency Movie subtitles 0.780 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 1.49 per million Cross-References Referenced by 蚕 cán Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
