蚕食 (蠶食) cánshí

cánshí verb to nibble away at (as silkworm consume leaves); fig. to embezzle progressively
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Food and Drink , Concept:
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '蠶食')

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• Chapter 4: Social Welfare - Signing 卷四　社會福利 簽名 Life's Ten Thousand Affairs 6 - Where are the Future Prospects? 《人間萬事6－前途在哪裡》 — count: 1
• The Doctrine of Buddhist Compassion 佛教的慈悲主義 Humanistic Buddhism Series 7 - Dharma and Doctrine 《人間佛教系列7－佛法與義理》 — count: 1
• A Buddhist View of Fate 佛教對命運的看法 Humanistic Buddhism Series 7 - Dharma and Doctrine 《人間佛教系列7－佛法與義理》 — count: 1
• Hope and Encouragement: A Prayer for those who Like to Fight 勉勵‧期許 為好戰好鬥者祈願文 Pearls of Wisdom: Prayers for Engaged Living 《佛光菜根譚》 — count: 1
• Virtue and Merit in Life Scroll 3: Ways of Changing Fate 卷三 道德福命 改變命運的方法 Hsing Yun Dharma Words 2 - The Buddha in Our Lives 《星雲法語2－生活的佛教》 — count: 1
• The Doctrine of Compassion in Buddhism 佛教的慈悲主義 Treatises on Humanistic Buddhism 《人間佛教論文集》 — count: 1
• 2: The Thirty Three Manifestations of Avalokiteśvara (heavenly body and human body) 二．三十三身（天身、人身） The Universal Gate : a Commentary on Avalokitesvara's Universal Gate Sutra 《觀世音菩薩普門品講話》 — count: 1
• Scroll 1: Do not Bicker - Swords 卷一　不要計較 刀劍 Life's Ten Thousand Affairs 5 - Doing Battle with Yourself 《人間萬事5－向自己宣戰》 — count: 1
• Development 發　展 Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 11 - The Philosophy of Success 《迷悟之間(十一)成功的理念》 — count: 1
• Society and the Workforce: A Prayer for those Killed in Battle 社會‧職業 為陣亡將士祈願文 Pearls of Wisdom: Prayers for Engaged Living 《佛光菜根譚》 — count: 1

Collocations

• 蚕食鲸 (蠶食鯨) 蠶食鯨吞 — Pearls of Wisdom: Prayers for Engaged Living 《佛光菜根譚》, Hope and Encouragement: A Prayer for those who Like to Fight 勉勵‧期許 為好戰好鬥者祈願文 — count: 3
• 吞蚕食 (吞蠶食) 他可以千方百計鯨吞蠶食 — Life's Ten Thousand Affairs 5 - Doing Battle with Yourself 《人間萬事5－向自己宣戰》, Scroll 1: Do not Bicker - Swords 卷一　不要計較 刀劍 — count: 2