蚕食鲸吞

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 蚕食鲸吞 – see 蠶食鯨吞 (“to nibble away like a silkworm or swallow like a whale; to seize another country's territory by piecemeal encroachment or wholesale annexation”). (This term is the simplified form of 蠶食鯨吞).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.