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).

蝕 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 / food / animal feed / eclipse

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a bag of instant noodles.

Sherlock Holmes (sh) went camping in the space station's bathroom (Ø2). As foodstuffs he brought chewing gum (艮) and instant noodles (食), but he forgot to bring his gas stove, so in front of his tipi (亽) He is eating chewing gums all day.
to feed (a person or animal)

Characters with 蝕 as component

蝕 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 蝕

to erode / to corrode
coastal erosion / marine abrasion
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 蝕

蝕 currently does not appear in any sentence.