鹊巢鸠占

Traditional: 鵲巢鳩占

què cháo jiū zhàn

Dictionary entry

the magpie made a nest, the turtledove dwells in it (idiom)

What does 鹊巢鸠占 mean?

鹊巢鸠占 (què cháo jiū zhàn) has the following dictionary meaning.

1the magpie made a nest, the turtledove dwells in it (idiom)

2to reap where one has not sown

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鹊quèmagpie 巢Cháosurname Chao 鸠jiūturtledove · (literary) to gather 占zhànvariant of 占[zhan4]

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鹊巢鸠占

què cháo jiū zhàn

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