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吞并

吞併
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verb #21,434

Meanings

  1. 1 to annex
  2. 2 to swallow up
  3. 3 to absorb (territory or an entity)

Examples

这个国家试图吞并邻国的土地。
Zhège guójiā shìtú tūnbìng língguó de tǔdì.
This country attempted to annex the territory of its neighbor.
大公司常常吞并小公司来扩大规模。
Dà gōngsī cháng cháng tūnbìng xiǎo gōngsī lái kuòdà guīmó.
Large companies often swallow up small ones to expand their scale.

Tips

memory
吞 means to swallow whole, and 并 means to merge/combine — 吞并 is to swallow and absorb completely, like a predator consuming its prey whole.

Stroke Order

吞 tūn
并 bìng