鵲巢鳩佔

鵲巢鳩佔

Chinese

			turtle-dove; Turtur orientalis	to occupy; to constitute; to make up to occupy; to constitute; to make up; to account; to observe; to divine
trad. (鵲巢鳩佔/鵲巢鳩占)		鵲巢	鳩	佔/占
simp. (鹊巢鸠占)		鹊巢	鸠	占

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): quècháojiūzhàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄝˋ ㄔㄠˊ ㄐㄧㄡ ㄓㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coek³ caau⁴ kau¹ zim³, zoek³ caau⁴ kau¹ zim³, coek³ caau⁴ gau¹ zim³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: quècháojiūzhàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄝˋ ㄔㄠˊ ㄐㄧㄡ ㄓㄢˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiuehchaurjioujann
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰɥ̯œ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: coek³ caau⁴ kau¹ zim³, zoek³ caau⁴ kau¹ zim³, coek³ caau⁴ gau¹ zim³
    • Yale: cheuk chàauh kāu jim, jeuk chàauh kāu jim, cheuk chàauh gāu jim
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoek⁸ tsaau⁴ kau¹ dzim³, dzoek⁸ tsaau⁴ kau¹ dzim³, tsoek⁸ tsaau⁴ gau¹ dzim³
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêg³ cao⁴ keo¹ jim³, zêg³ cao⁴ keo¹ jim³, cêg³ cao⁴ geo¹ jim³
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃʰœ̽ːk̚³ t͡sʰäːu̯²¹ kʰɐu̯⁵⁵ t͡siːm³³/, /t͡ʃœ̽ːk̚³ t͡sʰäːu̯²¹ kʰɐu̯⁵⁵ t͡siːm³³/, /t͡ʃʰœ̽ːk̚³ t͡sʰäːu̯²¹ kɐu̯⁵⁵ t͡siːm³³/

Idiom

鵲巢鳩佔

1. (figuratively) to take other people's efforts and reap the profits; to reap what one has not sown