1. To be eaten by a whale.

① Du Fu, Tang Dynasty: "The turtle swallows like a whale, and I don't know it anymore. How can I complain about the bad wind and white waves?" ② He Jingming, Ming Dynasty: "Watching the Rising Sun": "How can I predict how a whale swallows a turtle? Who can calm the whirlpool and the raging waves?" ③ Pu Songling, Qing Dynasty: "Fish eat whales, and the tiny ants are pitiful." 2. To swallow like a whale. It is often used to describe drinking in large quantities.

①Untitled poem by Xu Wei of Ming Dynasty: "I have not swallowed like a whale in my whole life, white drink cannot be muddied without stirring with red wine."②Seven Revisions of Classified Drafts·Bian Zheng Part II·Zhang Tianxi by Lang Ying of Ming Dynasty: "﹝Zhang Tianxi﹞is bold and unrestrained, swallowing like a whale and absorbing the sea."③Guangling Wine Song by Cao Yin of Qing Dynasty: "Even nowadays, swallowing like a whale is considered a heroic act, but since ancient times, people have hated being delicate and harsh." 3. Just like annexation.

① "Old Tang Book·Biographies of Xiao Xian, Du Fuwei, etc.": "Since the Sui Dynasty, the country has been divided up; small ones are stolen by rats and dogs, and big ones are swallowed up by whales and tigers." ② Gu Yanwu of the Qing Dynasty's poem "Luoyang": "Where will the cranes look to go, and the whales will not stop fighting." ③ Guo Moruo's "Appendicitis·Do not read books but seek to understand thoroughly": "If you realize that your property will eventually be swallowed up by outsiders... then of course you can come to implement new nationalism and become companions of the proletariat." "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" Chapter 60: "Song Guan Jingzhou: 'To the east is Sun Quan, who is always crouching like a tiger; to the north is Cao Cao, who always wants to swallow it up. It is not a place you can stay for long.' Xuande said: 'So I know this, but there is no place to settle down.'"