tān​tiān​zhī​gōng

to claim credit for others' work

Senses

贪天之功/ 貪天之功 tān​tiān​zhī​gōng to claim credit for others' work

(idiom) to take credit for achievements that others produced or that happened naturally; to arrogate the merits of others to oneself. Originally meant taking credit for the work of Heaven.

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