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Definitions9 characters
chi1 bie2 ren2 jiao2 guo4 de5 mo2 bu4 xiang1
lit. bread previously chewed by someone has no flavor (idiom)/fig. there's no joy in discovering something if someone else got there first
Usage•••frequent
Pronunciations

As word

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chi1
lit. bread previously chewed by someone has no flavor (idiom)/fig. there's no joy in discovering something if someone else got there first
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bie2
lit. bread previously chewed by someone has no flavor (idiom)/fig. there's no joy in discovering something if someone else got there first
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ren2
lit. bread previously chewed by someone has no flavor (idiom)/fig. there's no joy in discovering something if someone else got there first
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jiao2
lit. bread previously chewed by someone has no flavor (idiom)/fig. there's no joy in discovering something if someone else got there first
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guo4
lit. bread previously chewed by someone has no flavor (idiom)/fig. there's no joy in discovering something if someone else got there first
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de5
lit. bread previously chewed by someone has no flavor (idiom)/fig. there's no joy in discovering something if someone else got there first
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mo2
lit. bread previously chewed by someone has no flavor (idiom)/fig. there's no joy in discovering something if someone else got there first
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bu4
lit. bread previously chewed by someone has no flavor (idiom)/fig. there's no joy in discovering something if someone else got there first
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xiang1
lit. bread previously chewed by someone has no flavor (idiom)/fig. there's no joy in discovering something if someone else got there first