The dove catches the magpie's nest

The dove catches the magpie's nest

The Chinese idiom, Jidu ó Qu è ch á o in pinyin, means that the turtledove seizes the magpie nest. It refers to forcibly occupying other people's residence or improper handling. From the book of songs, Zhaonan, quechao.

The origin of Idioms

"The book of songs · Zhaonan · magpie nest" says: "the bird has a nest, and the dove lives on."

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: Bird occupies the nest of dove, dove lives in the nest of dove, dove lives in the nest of dove

Idiom usage

Today, Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang will be defeated and have no place to live in. They come here to agree with each other, which is the meaning of the dove seizing the nest of magpies. The thirty third chapter of romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong in Ming Dynasty