蚕食鲸吞
cán​shí​jīng​tūn

to gobble up

  • created sense approved 蚕食鲸吞/蠶食鯨吞 · cán​shí​jīng​tūn · to gobble up — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    蚕食鲸吞 / 蠶食鯨吞

    cán​shí​jīng​tūn

    to gobble up

    To seize territory or assets incrementally like a silkworm nibbling leaves, or wholesale like a whale swallowing food; to annex through both gradual encroachment and massive takeover

    蚕食 (literal) → 蚕食/蠶食 · cán​shí · to nibble away at 鲸吞 (literal) → 鲸吞/鯨吞 · jīng​tūn · to gobble up

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense