Read Edit View history 舐糠及米 shìkāngjímǐ to nibble through the husk to the rice Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Senses Add sense 舐糠及米 shìkāngjímǐ to nibble through the husk to the rice to gradually erode or encroach upon something; often used to describe how a country's territory is nibbled away until the nation finally falls Edit Delete References Add reference synonym 舐糠及米/舐糠及米 → 得寸进尺/得寸進尺 Edit Delete
舐糠及米 shìkāngjímǐ to nibble through the husk to the rice to gradually erode or encroach upon something; often used to describe how a country's territory is nibbled away until the nation finally falls Edit Delete