created sense approved 鹊巢/鵲巢 · quècháo · magpie's nest — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
鹊巢 / 鵲巢
quècháo
magpie's nest
the nest of a magpie
鹊 (literal) → 鹊/鵲 · què · magpie 巢 (literal) → 巢 · cháo · nest
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created sense approved 鹊巢/鵲巢 · quècháo · The Magpie's Nest — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
鹊巢 / 鵲巢
quècháo
The Magpie's Nest
classic poem from the Shijing [[诗经|詩經|shi1 jing1]] about a bride going to her new home, often used as a metaphor for virtue or a change of residence
鹊 (literal) → 鹊/鵲 · què · magpie 巢 (literal) → 巢 · cháo · nest
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 鹊巢/鵲巢 · quècháo · take up another's place — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
鹊巢 / 鵲巢
quècháo
take up another's place
metaphor for occupying someone else's residence or position, often appearing in the idiom [[鹊巢鸠占|鵲巢鳩占|que4 chao2 jiu1 zhan4]]
鹊 (literal) → 鹊/鵲 · què · magpie 巢 (literal) → 巢 · cháo · nest
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition