Your free Chinese learning resource is here! This idiom and proverb series introduces phrases rich in meaning. Today, we explain 「鳩奪鵲巢」 and its usage.
In this introduction, we explore the idiom 「鳩奪鵲巢」. Its definition and ways to use it are shown below.
The turtledoves took over the magpie’s nest. A metaphor for forcibly occupying someone else’s residence or making inappropriate arrangements.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
jiū duó què cháo
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
gau1 dyut6 jeuk3 chaau4
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