吃别人嚼过的馍不香

Traditional form:

吃別人嚼過的饃不香

Pinyin (reading):

chībiérénjiáoguòdemóbùxiāng

Definitions:

• lit. bread previously chewed by someone has no flavor (idiom)
• fig. there's no joy in discovering something if someone else got there first

Characters:

• 吃 - to eat; to drink; to suffer, to endure, to bear
• 别 - to separate, to distinguish, to classify; to leave; other; do not, must not
• 人 - man, person; people
• 嚼 - to prattle, to be glib
• 过 - pass; to go across, to pass through
• 的 - aim, goal; of; possessive particle; -self suffix
• 馍 - bread
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 香 - incense; fragrant, aromatic

Traditional characters:

• 吃 - to eat; to drink; to suffer, to endure, to bear
• 別 - to separate, to distinguish, to classify; to leave; other; do not, must not
• 人 - man, person; people
• 嚼 - to prattle, to be glib
• 過 - pass; to go across, to pass through
• 的 - aim, goal; of; possessive particle; -self suffix
• 饃 - bread
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 香 - incense; fragrant, aromatic