吃别人嚼过的馍不香
chī​bié​rén​jiáo​guò​de​mó​bù​xiāng

to lack originality

  • created sense approved 吃别人嚼过的馍不香/吃別人嚼過的饃不香 · chī​bié​rén​jiáo​guò​de​mó​bù​xiāng · to lack originality — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    吃别人嚼过的馍不香 / 吃別人嚼過的饃不香

    chī​bié​rén​jiáo​guò​de​mó​bù​xiāng

    to lack originality

    literally meaning bread previously chewed by someone else has no flavor; used to describe how there is no satisfaction or value in merely repeating what others have already done or discovered

    吃 (literal) → 吃 · chī · to eat 别人 (literal) → 别人/別人 · bié​ren · others 嚼 (literal) → 嚼 · jiáo · to chew 过 (bound) → 过/過 · guo · [experienced] 的 (bound) → 的 · de · [possessive/attributive] 馍 (literal) → 馍/饃 · mó · steamed bun 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 香 (literal) → 香 · xiāng · savory

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

    created sense