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借窝生蛋

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Collocation

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可以借窝生蛋
2
采用借窝生蛋的办法
3
善于借窝生蛋
4
真会借窝生蛋
5
租厂房借窝生蛋

Definition

借窝生蛋

Literally means:

borrow a nest to lay eggs

Actually means:

rent a place for use

It figuratively means renting the place of another person to fulfill one's needs, usually for lack of resources or power.

比喻借用别人的地方办自己的事。多指自己的实力不足。

Example

Used as object, predicate or attributive. (作宾语、谓语、定语)
1
Chuàng
创业
zhī
chū
méiyǒu
没有
xiàoshè
校舍
  
,
men
他们
jiù
jièshēngdàn
借窝生蛋
  
,
jièyòng
借用
dāng
当地
xuéxiào
学校
jiàogōng
教工
俱乐部
  
,
cóngdàoyǒu
从无到有
  
,
cóngxiǎodào
从小到大
zhújiàn
逐渐
zhǎn
发展
lai
起来
  

When they started out without school buildings, they borrowed eggs, borrowed local school teaching clubs, from nothing to have, from small to large gradually developed.

2
zhēn
huì
jiè
shēngdàn
窝生蛋
  
!
gāng
mǎi
huí
xīn
guō
  
,
jiùyào
就要
zhǔfàn
煮饭
  
shāocài
烧菜
  

You're really going to make eggs out of your nest! I've just bought a new pot, and you're going to cook and cook.

3
Yǒuxiē
有些
shāngrén
商人
cǎiyòng
采用
jièshēngdàn
借窝生蛋
de
bàn
办法
  
,
gōng
公司
zhù
注册
zài
mǒu
某个
shuìshōu
税收
yōuhuì
优惠
de
地区
  
,
取得
gēng
duō
de
jīngxiào
经济效益
  

Some businessmen use nests to lay eggs and register their companies in certain tax-advantaged areas in order to achieve more economic benefits.