dog in the manger

dog in the manger

Jiujuquechao, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Ji ū J ú Qu è ch á o, which means to occupy other people's residence or handle improperly. It comes from poem Zhaonan magpie nest.

Idiom usage

In addition, the book was written by Ying family, who was poor and didn't talk about Han affairs. Instead, it was incorporated into the book of Han, in which jiujuquechao and shisongshang were attached with wart vegetations. I don't know how to cut them. Liu Zhiji's Shi Tong Biao Li in Tang Dynasty

The origin of Idioms

"Poetry · Zhaonan · magpie nest" says: "the magpie has a nest, and the dove lives in it." Mao Zhuan: "the dove is not the nest, but the nest of the magpie."

Idiom explanation

It refers to forcibly occupying other people's residence or improper handling.