蠶食鯨吞

cánshíjīngtūn

nibble away like a silkworm or swallow like a whale—seize another country's territory by piecemeal encroachment or wholesale annexation

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cán shí jīng tūn

v. seize another country's territory by piecemeal encroachment, seize another country's territory by wholesale annexation

cán shí jīng tūn

nibble away like silkworm, swallow like a whale