created sense approved 跑马圈地/跑馬圈地 · pǎomǎquāndì · to stake a claim — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
跑马圈地 / 跑馬圈地
pǎomǎquāndì
to stake a claim
to enclose land; to stake a claim to land (originally referring to the Manchu seizure of farmland for grazing or reward during the early Qing dynasty, now used metaphorically for business expansion or staking out market share)
跑 (literal) → 跑 · pǎo · to run 马 (literal) → 马/馬 · mǎ · horse 圈 (literal) → 圈 · quān · to encircle 地 (literal) → 地 · dì · earth
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