吃别人嚼过的馍不香

lit. bread previously chewed by someone has no flavor (idiom) / fig. there's no joy in discovering something if someone else got there first

to eat / to consume / to eat at (a cafeteria etc) / to eradicate / to destroy / to absorb / to suffer / to stammer (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [ji2])

variant of 吃[chi1]

surname Bie

to leave / to depart / to separate / to distinguish / to classify / other / another / don't ...! / to pin / to stick (sth) in / (noun suffix) category (e.g. 性別|性别[xing4 bie2], 派別|派别[pai4 bie2])

to make sb change their ways, opinions etc

other people / others / other person

other people; others; other person

person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

to chew / also pr. [jue2]

used in 倒嚼[dao3 jiao4]

surname Guo

to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along / excessively / too-

(experienced action marker)

see 的士[di1 shi4]

really and truly

of; ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute) / (used to form a nominal expression) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs

(bound form) bull's-eye; target

small loaf of steamed bread

variant of 饃|馍[mo2]

no; not so / (bound form) not; un-

fragrant / sweet smelling / aromatic / savory or appetizing / (to eat) with relish / (of sleep) sound / perfume or spice / joss or incense stick / CL:根[gen1]