蝕

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

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

to eat / food / animal feed / eclipse

to feed (a person or animal)

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]

total eclipse

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

wave erosion

erosion / wearing away / ablation

dissolving / erosion by groundwater / corrosion

dissolving / erosion by groundwater / corrosion

vitiligo

erosion / abrasion

proof against corrosion

to resist corrosion

erosion