鸠占鹊巢
jiū​zhàn​què​cháo

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  • created reference approved 鸠占鹊巢/鳩占鵲巢 → 鹊巢鸠占/鵲巢鳩佔 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鸠占鹊巢 / 鳩占鵲巢 jiū​zhàn​què​cháo

    鹊巢鸠占 / 鵲巢鳩佔 què​cháo​jiū​zhàn

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created reference approved 鸠占鹊巢/鳩佔鵲巢 → 鹊巢鸠占/鵲巢鳩佔 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鸠占鹊巢 / 鳩佔鵲巢 jiū​zhàn​què​cháo

    鹊巢鸠占 / 鵲巢鳩佔 què​cháo​jiū​zhàn

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 鸠占鹊巢/鳩占鵲巢 · jiū​zhàn​què​cháo · to usurp — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鸠占鹊巢 / 鳩占鵲巢

    jiū​zhàn​què​cháo

    to usurp

    To seize what belongs to someone else; literally "the turtledove takes over the magpie's nest."

    鳩佔鵲巢

    鸠 (literal) → 鸠/鳩 · jiū · turtledove 占 (literal) → 占 · zhàn · to occupy 鹊巢 (literal) → 鹊巢/鵲巢 · què​cháo · magpie's nest

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

    created sense