跑马圈地

rushing to stake one's claim in new markets (idiom)

(of an animal) to paw (the ground)

to run / to run away / to escape / to run around (on errands etc) / (of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate / (verb complement) away / off

horse race / to ride a horse at a fast pace / (dialect) wet dream

surname Ma / abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]

horse / CL:匹[pi3] / horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess / knight in Western chess

stable

to confine / to lock up / to pen in

pen (pig) / a fold

circle / ring / loop / classifier for loops, orbits, laps of race etc / CL:個|个[ge4] / to surround / to circle

circle; ring; loop (CL:個|个[ge4]) / classifier for loops, orbits, laps of race etc / to surround; to circle

staking a claim to territory / enclosure

-ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct

earth / ground / field / place / land / CL:片[pian4]