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消蚀

xiāo shí

2-character word Traditional 消蝕

What 消蚀 means

1. to corrode; to erode; to wear away (lit. and fig.)

The characters in 消蚀

• 消xiāoto diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time)
• 蚀shíto nibble away at sth; to eat into; to erode

Sounds the same

Read xiāo shí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 消食to aid digestion
• 销蚀(lit. and fig.) to corrode; to erode; to wear away
• 硝石niter; saltpeter; potassium nitrate KNO3