占为己有
zhàn​wéi​jǐ​yǒu

to appropriate for oneself

  • created sense approved 占为己有/占為己有 · zhàn​wéi​jǐ​yǒu · to appropriate for oneself — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    占为己有 / 占為己有

    zhàn​wéi​jǐ​yǒu

    to appropriate for oneself

    To take possession of something that belongs to the public or to others and treat it as one's own; to embezzle or usurp.

    佔為己有

    占 (literal) → 占 · zhàn · to occupy 为 (literal) → 为/為 · wéi · to be 己 (literal) → 己 · jǐ · self 有 (literal) → 有 · yǒu · to have

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense