chī bié rén jiáo guò de mó bù xiāng
Traditional: 吃別人嚼過的饃不香
吃别人嚼过的馍不香 (chī bié rén jiáo guò de mó bù xiāng) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. bread previously chewed by someone has no flavor (idiom); fig. there's no joy in discovering something if someone else got there first”.
Meanings
- 1lit. bread previously chewed by someone has no flavor (idiom)
- 2fig. there's no joy in discovering something if someone else got there first