鹊巢鸠占 — Chinese idiom

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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