蠶食鯨吞
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Chinese
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edit
]
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
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]
Mandarin
(
Pinyin
)
:
cánshíjīngtūn
(
Zhuyin
)
:
ㄘㄢˊ ㄕˊ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄊㄨㄣ
Cantonese
(
Jyutping
)
:
caam
4
sik
6
king
4
tan
1
Mandarin
(
Standard Chinese
)
+
Hanyu Pinyin
:
cánshíjīngtūn
Zhuyin
:
ㄘㄢˊ ㄕˊ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄊㄨㄣ
Tongyong Pinyin
:
cánshíhjingtun
Wade–Giles
:
tsʻan
2
-shih
2
-ching
1
-tʻun
1
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
:
caam
4
sik
6
king
4
tan
1
Yale
:
chàahm sihk kìhng t
ā
n
Cantonese Pinyin
:
tsaam
4
sik
9
king
4
tan
1
Guangdong Romanization
:
cam
4
xig
6
king
4
ten
1
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/t͡sʰaːm
²¹
sɪk̚² kʰɪŋ
²¹
tʰɐn
⁵⁵
/
Idiom
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]
蠶食鯨吞
to
seize
another
country
's
territory
by
piecemeal
encroachment
or
wholesale
annexation
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