蠶食鯨吞 [蚕－鲸－]

Jyutping caam4 sik6 king4 tan1
Pinyin cán shí jīng tūn

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. lit. to nibble like a silkworm or swallow like a whale (idiom)
  2. fig. to seize (territory etc) incrementally or wholesale
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. to nibble at and gobble up; to seize territory using various means
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, idiomatic
    to seize another country's territory by piecemeal encroachment or wholesale annexation
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）