鹊巢鸠占 — Chinese idiom
鹊巢鸠占
què cháo jiū zhàn
Traditional: 鵲巢鳩占
Meaning
- the magpie made a nest, the turtledove dwells in it
- to reap where one has not sown
Character by character
- 鹊quèmagpie; Pica species (various)
- 巢cháonest, living quarters in tree
- 鸠jiūpigeon; to collect, to assemble
- 占zhànto divine; to observe; to versify
Idioms sharing a character
- 声名鹊起 shēng míng què qǐ
- 倾巢来犯 qīng cháo lái fàn
- 倾巢而出 qīng cháo ér chū
- 多吃多占 duō chī duō zhàn
- 独占鳌头 dú zhàn áo tóu
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