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多吃多占

duō chī duō zhàndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
taking or eating more than one's due (idiom) / greedy and selfish
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-87703ad7c5093dec. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

多吃多佔 多吃多占 [duo1 chi1 duo1 zhan4] /taking or eating more than one's due (idiom); greedy and selfish/

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Other forms in these source records: 多吃多佔

  • 多
    duō

    many / much / more / a lot of / too many / in excess / (after a numeral) ... odd / how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duó]) / (bound form) multi- / poly-

  • 吃
    chī

    to eat / to consume / to eat at (a cafeteria etc) / to eradicate / to destroy / to absorb / to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)

  • 多
    duō

    many / much / more / a lot of / too many / in excess / (after a numeral) ... odd / how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duó]) / (bound form) multi- / poly-

  • 占
    zhàn

    to take possession of / to occupy / to take up

    zhān

    to observe / to divine

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.