鵲巢鳩佔
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Chinese[edit]
magpie | nest | turtle-dove; Turtur orientalis | to occupy; to constitute; to make up to occupy; to constitute; to make up; to account; to observe; to divine | ||
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trad. (鵲巢鳩佔/鵲巢鳩占) | 鵲 | 巢 | 鳩 | 佔/占 | |
simp. (鹊巢鸠占) | 鹊 | 巢 | 鸠 | 占 | |
Literally: “the magpie's nest is occupied by the dove”. |
Etymology[edit]
From the Classic of Poetry, poem 12 (《詩經·召南·鵲巢》):
- 維鵲有巢,維鳩居之。
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Wéi què yǒu cháo, wéi jiū jū zhī.
Zhī zǐ yú guī, bǎi liǎng yù zhī. [Pinyin] - The nest is the magpie's; The dove possesses it.
This young lady is going to her future home; A hundred carriages are escorting her.
之子于歸,百兩御之。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
维鹊有巢,维鸠居之。
之子于归,百两御之。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
Pronunciation[edit]
Idiom[edit]
鵲巢鳩佔
- to occupy or seize residences, land, positions, etc. belonging to others
- (figurative) to take other people's efforts and reap the profits; to reap what one has not sown
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