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鸠居鹊巢
jiū​jū​què​cháo

to occupy someone else's place

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 鸠居 鳩居 jiū​jū
    to occupy someone else's place
    (literary) To forcibly take over another person's residence or property (derived from 维鹊有巢,维鸠居之 wéi​què​yǒu​cháo​wéi​jiū​jū​zhī)
  2. 鹊巢 鵲巢 què​cháo
    magpie's nest
    the nest of a magpie