See 蠶食鯨吞 on Wiktionary
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"literal_meaning": "to nibble away like a silkworm or swallow like a whale",
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"glosses": [
"to seize another country's territory by piecemeal encroachment or wholesale annexation"
],
"id": "en-蠶食鯨吞-zh-phrase-txztTChw",
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"seize",
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[
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"zh-pron": "cánshíjīngtūn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄘㄢˊ ㄕˊ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄊㄨㄣ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "caam⁴ sik⁶ king⁴ tan¹"
},
{
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"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "cánshíjīngtūn"
},
{
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],
"zh-pron": "cánshíhjingtun"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "tsʻan²-shih²-ching¹-tʻun¹"
},
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "tsán-shŕ-jīng-twūn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "tsarnshyrjingtuen"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "цаньшицзинтунь"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "canʹšiczintunʹ"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sʰän³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ tʰu̯ən⁵⁵/",
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"Sinological-IPA"
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},
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"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "chàahm sihk kìhng tān"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "tsaam⁴ sik⁹ king⁴ tan¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "cam⁴ xig⁶ king⁴ ten¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sʰaːm²¹ sɪk̚² kʰɪŋ²¹ tʰɐn⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sʰän³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ tʰu̯ən⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sʰaːm²¹ sɪk̚² kʰɪŋ²¹ tʰɐn⁵⁵/"
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],
"word": "蠶食鯨吞"
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"literal_meaning": "to nibble away like a silkworm or swallow like a whale",
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"Chinese terms spelled with 吞",
"Chinese terms spelled with 蠶",
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"glosses": [
"to seize another country's territory by piecemeal encroachment or wholesale annexation"
],
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"seize",
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],
[
"another",
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],
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"country",
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],
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"piecemeal",
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],
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"wholesale",
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],
"zh-pron": "cánshíjīngtūn"
},
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄘㄢˊ ㄕˊ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄊㄨㄣ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "caam⁴ sik⁶ king⁴ tan¹"
},
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"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "cánshíjīngtūn"
},
{
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"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "cánshíhjingtun"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "tsʻan²-shih²-ching¹-tʻun¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "tsán-shŕ-jīng-twūn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "tsarnshyrjingtuen"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "цаньшицзинтунь"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "canʹšiczintunʹ"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sʰän³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ tʰu̯ən⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "chàahm sihk kìhng tān"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "tsaam⁴ sik⁹ king⁴ tan¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "cam⁴ xig⁶ king⁴ ten¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sʰaːm²¹ sɪk̚² kʰɪŋ²¹ tʰɐn⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sʰän³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ tʰu̯ən⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sʰaːm²¹ sɪk̚² kʰɪŋ²¹ tʰɐn⁵⁵/"
}
],
"word": "蠶食鯨吞"
}
Download raw JSONL data for 蠶食鯨吞 meaning in All languages combined (2.5kB)
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