| 吃别人嚼过的馍不香 |
chī bié rén jiáo guò de mó bù xiāng |
lit. bread previously chewed by someone has no flavor (idiom) / fig. there's no joy in discovering something if someone else got there first |
| 吃 |
chī |
to eat; to consume / to eat at (a cafeteria etc) / to eradicate; to destroy / to absorb / to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc) |
| 吃 |
chī |
variant of 吃 |
| 别 |
Bié |
surname Bie |
| 别 |
bié |
to leave; to part (from) / (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish / (dialect) to turn away; to turn aside; to avert (one's face, gaze etc) / (bound form) other; another; different / don't ...! / to fasten with a pin or clip / to stick in; to insert (in order to hinder movement) / (noun suffix) category (as in 性别, 派别) |
| 别 |
biè |
to make sb change their ways, opinions etc |
| 别人 |
bié ren |
other people; others; other person |
| 人 |
rén |
person; people / CL:个,位 |
| 嚼 |
jiáo |
to chew / also pr. [jue2] |
| 嚼 |
jiào |
used in 倒嚼 |
| 过 |
Guō |
surname Guo |
| 过 |
guò |
to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along / excessively / too- |
| 过 |
guo |
(experienced action marker) |
| 的 |
de |
of; ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 "new one") / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs |
| 的 |
dī |
a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士) |
| 的 |
dí |
really and truly |
| 的 |
dì |
(bound form) bull's-eye; target |
| 馍 |
mó |
small loaf of steamed bread |
| 馍 |
mó |
variant of 馍 |
| 不 |
bù |
no; not so / (bound form) not; un- |
| 香 |
xiāng |
fragrant / sweet smelling / aromatic / savory or appetizing / (to eat) with relish / (of sleep) sound / perfume or spice / joss or incense stick / CL:根 |