蚕食鲸吞
Traditional: 蠶食鯨吞Dictionary entry
(lit.) to nibble like a silkworm or swallow like a whale (idiom)
What does 蚕食鲸吞 mean?
蚕食鲸吞 (cán shí jīng tūn) has the following dictionary meaning.
1(lit.) to nibble like a silkworm or swallow like a whale (idiom)
2(fig.) to seize (territory etc) incrementally or wholesale
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