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蠶食鯨吞
  caam4 sik6 king4 tan1   jyutping
  can2 shi2 jing1 tun1   pinyin
of the powerful to gradually seize and occupy or swallow up that of the weak

Idiom

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
蠶食鯨吞 / 蚕食鲸吞

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Characters in this word:

 caam4  -  silkworm
 sik6 zi6  -  eat; food
 king4  -  whale
 tan1  -  swallow, gulp
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