蠶食鯨吞

Chinese

		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”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cánshíjīngtūn

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄢˊ ㄕˊ ㄐㄧㄥㄊㄨㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): caam⁴ sik⁶ king⁴ tan¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cánshíjīngtūn
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄢˊ ㄕˊ ㄐㄧㄥㄊㄨㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cánshíhjingtun
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻan²-shih²-ching¹-tʻun¹
  - Yale: tsán-shŕ-jīng-twūn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsarnshyrjingtuen
  - Palladius: цаньшицзинтунь (canʹšiczintunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰän³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ tʰu̯ən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: caam⁴ sik⁶ king⁴ tan¹
  - Yale: chàahm sihk kìhng tān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsaam⁴ sik⁹ king⁴ tan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: cam⁴ xig⁶ king⁴ ten¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːm²¹ sɪk̚² kʰɪŋ²¹ tʰɐn⁵⁵/

Idiom

蠶食鯨吞

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

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