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鹊巢鸠占

鹊巢鸠占 què cháo jiū zhàn the magpie made a nest, the turtledove dwells in it (idiom) / to reap where one has not sown
鹊 què magpie
 巢 Cháo surname Chao
 巢 cháo nest
  鸠 jiū turtledove / (literary) to gather
   占 zhàn variant of 占
   占 zhān to observe / to divine
   占 zhàn to take possession of / to occupy / to take up
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