蠶caam4食sik6鯨king4吞tan1

simp蚕食鲸吞

caam4 sik6 king4 tan1cán shí jīng tūn

English

(lit.) to nibble like a silkworm or swallow like a whale (idiom)
to nibble at and gobble up; to seize territory using various means
(fig.) to seize (territory etc) incrementally or wholesale

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese

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