fēn​yī​bēi​gēng

to have a share of the pie

分一杯羹 fēn​yī​bēi​gēng
to have a share of the pie
to take a share of the profits or spoils; to get a piece of the action. This phrase originally refers to a story from the Han Dynasty where Liu Bang defied a threat to have his father cooked into a soup.

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