created sense approved 贪天之功/貪天之功 · tāntiānzhīgōng · to claim credit for others' work — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
贪天之功 / 貪天之功
tāntiānzhīgōng
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.
贪 (literal) → 贪/貪 · tān · greedy 天 (literal) → 天 · tiān · God 之 (literal) → 之 · zhī · [possessive] 功 (literal) → 功 · gōng · merit
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