鵲巢鳩占 què cháo jiū zhàn

to reap where one has not sown

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. to reap where one has not sown
  2. 2. the magpie made a nest, the turtledove dwells in it (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
鵲 què
magpie
巢 cháo HSK 6
nest; surname Chao
鳩 jiū
turtledove; (literary) to gather
占 zhàn HSK 4
to occupy; to take up; to take possession of