[ cánshíjīngtūn ] gnaw as [like] a silkworm or swallow as [like] a whale; bite off little by little as a silkworm; gulp down or eat up by degrees; nibble at or gobble up (a neighbor's territory);nibble away like a silkworm or swallow like a whale; seize another country's territory by piecemeal encroachment or wholesale annexation; take by force and encroach upon land [territory]
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As an important mechanism for the operation of modern market economy , bankrupt mechanism plays an important role in the areas of capital recomposition , optimization of resource allocation and regulation of industrial structures , etc . also it serves as a necessary way of social reconstruction and structure optimization , and an effective way of soe ' s strategic regulation and social resource recomposition as well , which is in accordance with the objective economic benefit , namely , the rule of the survival of the fittest in natural selection 破产机制作为现代市场经济运作的一种重要机制，在实现资产重组、优化资源配置、调整产业结构等方面起着重要作用，是社会结构调整和结构优化必不可少的手段，也是国有企业战略性调整和社会资源重组的有效途径，符合“物竞天择、适者生存”的客观经济规律。然而近年来，不少企业借破产之名，行逃债、甩债、废债之实，大肆蚕食鲸吞债权人利益。
