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Trad. 佔中
- Occupy Central, Hong Kong civil disobedience movement (September 2014 -)
Trad. 佔去
- to take up (one's time etc)
- to occupy (one's attention etc)
- to account for (a proportion of sth)
Trad. 佔壓
- to tie up (funds or resources etc that could otherwise be used)
Trad. 佔有
- to have
- to own
- to hold
- to occupy
- to possess
- to account for (a high proportion etc)
- Champa, ancient Indochinese kingdom lasting from the 2nd to the 17th century, located in what is now central and southern Vietnam
- to seize control of (an enemy position)
- (fig.) to take by storm
- to gain (awards, control of a market etc)
Trad. 佔便宜
- advantageous
- favorable
- to benefit at others' expense
- to take unfair advantage
Trad. 佔為己有
- to appropriate to oneself (what rightfully belongs to others)
Trad. 占地面積
- floor area
- occupied area
- footprint (of a building, piece of equipment etc)
Trad. 鵲巢鳩占
- the magpie made a nest, the turtledove dwells in it (idiom)
- to reap where one has not sown
Trad. 多吃多佔
- taking or eating more than one's due (idiom); greedy and selfish
Trad. 獨占鰲頭
- (idiom) to come first in triennial palace examinations (refers to the carved stone turtle head in front of the imperial palace, next to which the most successful candidate in the imperial examinations was entitled to stand); to be the champion; to be the very best in any field
Trad. 占著茅坑不拉屎
- lit. to occupy a latrine but not shit (proverb)
- fig. to be a dog in the manger