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借鸡生蛋

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Collocation

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采用借鸡生蛋的方式
2
只能借鸡生蛋
3
善于借鸡生蛋
4
靠的是借鸡生蛋
5
用别人的钱借鸡生蛋

Definition

借鸡生蛋

Literally means:

borrow hen to lay eggs

Actually means:

benefit from using others' resources

It figuratively means benefiting from accomplishing a task by borrowing others' resources. It usually refers to drawing support from external resources for lack of funds.

比喻借别人的资源,办自己的事情,使自己得益。多指自己资金不足,需要借助外力。

Example

Used as predicate, attributive or object. (作谓语、定语、宾语
1
yòng
利用
biéren
别人
de
chǎngfáng
厂房
shèbèi
设备
jièshēngdàn
借鸡生蛋
  
,
shēngchǎn
生产
zhuāng
服装
xiāowǎng
销往
guówài
国外
  
,
nián
可以
jìngzhuàn
净赚
bǎiwàn
几百万
  

He used other people's plant and equipment to borrow chicken eggs, produce clothing sold abroad, a year can make a net profit of millions.

2
zài
liǎng
nián
zhījiān
之间
  
,
jiù
xiǎo
zuōfang
作坊
zhǎn
发展
chéng
gōngchǎng
工厂
  
,
kào
de
jiùshì
就是
jièshēngdàn
借鸡生蛋
  

In two years, he developed a small workshop into a big factory, relying on borrowing chickens to lay eggs.

3
Zhège
这个
gōng
公司
quē
缺乏
kāi
开发
xīn
chǎnpǐn
产品
de
rényuán
人员
  
,
zhǐnéng
只能
xuǎn
选择
jièshēngdàn
借鸡生蛋
de
fāngshì
方式
  
,
yòng
利用
xuéxiào
学校
de
科技
liang
力量
lái
yánzhì
研制
shìchǎng
市场
急需
de
xīn
chǎnpǐn
产品
  

The company lacks the personnel to develop new products, and can only choose to borrow chickens to lay eggs, using the school's scientific and technological strength to develop new products that the market desperately needs.

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