吃别人嚼过的馍不香
Traditional: 吃別人嚼過的饃不香Dictionary entry
lit. bread previously chewed by someone has no flavor (idiom)
What does 吃别人嚼过的馍不香 mean?
吃别人嚼过的馍不香 (chī bié rén jiáo guò de mó bù xiāng) has the following dictionary meaning.
1lit. bread previously chewed by someone has no flavor (idiom)
2fig. there's no joy in discovering something if someone else got there first
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吃chīto eat; to consume · to eat at (a cafeteria etc)别Biésurname Bie人rénperson; people · CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]嚼jiáoto chew · also pr. [jue2]过Guōsurname Guo的deof; ~'s (possessive particle) · (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)馍mósmall loaf of steamed bread不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-
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吃别人嚼过的馍不香
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