楚得楚弓
chǔ​dé​chǔ​gōng

keeping profits within the circle

  • created sense approved 楚得楚弓 · chǔ​dé​chǔ​gōng · keeping profits within the circle — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    楚得楚弓

    chǔ​dé​chǔ​gōng

    keeping profits within the circle

    to keep something of value within one's own group or family; gain that does not leave the original circle

    楚 (literal) → 楚 · chǔ · Chu State 得 (literal) → 得 · dé · to get 楚 (literal) → 楚 · chǔ · Chu State 弓 (literal) → 弓 · gōng · bow

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

    created sense