to nibble away at sth / to eat into / to erode

= + : Sherlock Holmes (sh) is busy investigating a case of murder just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2) while a mosquito (虫) nibbles away (蚀) at his lunch, a Chinese cruller (饣).

蚀 character breakdown

variant of 蟲|虫[chong2]
lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures / CL:條|条[tiao2],隻|只[zhi1] / (fig.) person with a particular undesirable characteristic

= + : Chantal Chicken and a mosquito are taking part in a dart contest just inside the engine's kitchen. The dart board is hanging in the middle of the entrance, and Chantal and the mosquito are standing to the sides. Over each of them a large fake nose is hovering: the loser will be covered in grey goose as punishment.
"to eat" or "food" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 184)

Mnemonic symbol: a Chinese cruller.

Sherlock Holmes is eating a Chinese cruller in the space station's entrance. The crane flew by and gave it to him.

Characters with 蚀 as component

蚀 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 蚀

corrosion / to corrode (degrade chemically) / to rot / corruption
to erode / to corrode
partial eclipse
lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom) / fig. to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off / to go for wool and come back shorn
see 偷雞不成蝕把米|偷鸡不成蚀把米[tou1 ji1 bu4 cheng2 shi2 ba3 mi3]
glaciated / eroded by ice
to corrode / to expose by corrosion (geology)
variant of 日食[ri4 shi2]
variant of 月食[yue4 shi2]
to erode / erosion
erosion / wearing away / ablation
dissolving / erosion by groundwater / corrosion
dissolving / erosion by groundwater / corrosion
erosion / abrasion
proof against corrosion
to resist corrosion

Sentences with 蚀

蚀 currently does not appear in any sentence.