消 蚀

xiāo shídictionary entry

to corrode / to erode / to wear away (lit. and fig.)

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Original source entry:

消蝕消蚀 [xiao1 shi2] /to corrode; to erode; to wear away (lit. and fig.)/

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Other forms in these source records: 消蝕

消
xiāo
to diminish / to subside / to consume / to reduce / to idle away (the time) / (after 不[bù] or 只[zhǐ] or 何[hé] etc) to need / to require / to take
蚀
shí
to nibble away at sth / to eat into / to erode

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