Read Edit View history 鳩占鵲巢 jiūzhànquècháo to usurp Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Senses Add sense 鸠占鹊巢/ 鳩占鵲巢 jiūzhànquècháo variants: 鳩佔鵲巢 to usurp To seize what belongs to someone else; literally "the turtledove takes over the magpie's nest." Edit Delete References Add reference variant 鸠占鹊巢/鳩占鵲巢 → 鹊巢鸠占/鵲巢鳩佔 Edit Delete synonym 鸠居鹊巢/鳩居鵲巢 → 鸠占鹊巢/鳩占鵲巢 Edit Delete
鸠占鹊巢/ 鳩占鵲巢 jiūzhànquècháo variants: 鳩佔鵲巢 to usurp To seize what belongs to someone else; literally "the turtledove takes over the magpie's nest." Edit Delete