蚀

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

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

An insect 虫 bite 饣; 饣 also provides the pronunciation

Components 饣虫

eat away · Heisig RSH #2521

食 food + 虫 insect

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
偷鸡不成蚀把米	tōu jī bù chéng shí bǎ mǐ	lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom); fig…
偷鸡不着蚀把米	tōu jī bù zháo shí bǎ mǐ	see 偷雞不成蝕把米\|偷鸡不成蚀把米[tou1 ji1 bu4 cheng2 shi2 ba3 mi3]
白蚀症	bái shí zhèng	vitiligo
海蚀	hǎi shí	coastal erosion; marine abrasion
侵蚀作用	qīn shí zuò yòng	erosion
溶蚀作用	róng shí zuò yòng	dissolving; erosion by groundwater; corrosion
风蚀	fēng shí	wind erosion
日蚀	rì shí	variant of 日食[ri4 shi2]
腐蚀性	fǔ shí xìng	(lit. and fig.) corrosive; corrosiveness
全蚀	quán shí	total eclipse
月蚀	yuè shí	variant of 月食[yue4 shi2]
腐蚀剂	fǔ shí jì	a corrosive (chemical)
雨蚀	yǔ shí	rain erosion
冰蚀	bīng shí	glaciated; eroded by ice
消蚀	xiāo shí	to corrode; to erode; to wear away (lit. and fig.)
冲蚀	chōng shí	to erode; erosion
销蚀	xiāo shí	(lit. and fig.) to corrode; to erode; to wear away
偏蚀	piān shí	partial eclipse
磨蚀	mó shí	erosion; abrasion
耐腐蚀	nài fǔ shí	proof against corrosion