消蚀

Traditional form:

消蝕

Pinyin (reading):

xiāoshí

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 消 - news, rumors; to die out, to melt away, to vanish
• 蚀 - to nibble at, to erode; an eclipse

Traditional characters:

• 消 - news, rumors; to die out, to melt away, to vanish
• 蝕 - to nibble at, to erode; an eclipse