jiū​jū

my humble home

  • created reference approved 鸠居/鳩居 → 维鹊有巢,维鸠居之/維鵲有巢,維鳩居之 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鸠居 / 鳩居 jiū​jū

    维鹊有巢,维鸠居之 / 維鵲有巢,維鳩居之 wéi​què​yǒu​cháo​wéi​jiū​jū​zhī

    see

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    created reference

  • created sense approved 鸠居/鳩居 · jiū​jū · my humble home — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鸠居 / 鳩居

    jiū​jū

    my humble home

    (literary) A polite way to refer to one's own simple or crude home; literally "living like a turtledove".

    鸠 (literal) → 鸠/鳩 · jiū · turtledove 居 (literal) → 居 · jū · to reside

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  • created sense approved 鸠居/鳩居 · jiū​jū · to occupy someone else's place — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鸠居 / 鳩居

    jiū​jū

    to occupy someone else's place

    (literary) To forcibly take over another person's residence or property (derived from [[维鹊有巢,维鸠居之|維鵲有巢,維鳩居之|wei2 que4 you3 chao2 wei2 jiu1 ju1 zhi1]])

    鸠 (literal) → 鸠/鳩 · jiū · turtledove 居 (literal) → 居 · jū · to occupy

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