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分我杯羹
fēn​wǒ​bēi​gēng

to take a share

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
分我杯羹 fēn​wǒ​bēi​gēng
to take a share
(idiom) to get a share of the profits; to take a piece of the action. This phrase originates from the story of Liu Bang telling Xiang Yu to share a cup of his father's meat soup if he killed him.

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