占
zhàn
Pinyin

Definition

占
 - 
zhàn
  1. to take possession of
  2. to occupy
  3. to take up
占
 - 
zhān
  1. to observe
  2. to divine
占 (佔)
 - 
zhàn
  1. variant of 占[zhàn]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (18)

占
zhàn
  1. 1 variant: 占 zhàn
占据
zhàn jù
  1. 1 to occupy
  2. 2 to hold
占有
zhàn yǒu
  1. 1 to have
  2. 2 to own
  3. 3 to hold
  4. 4 to occupy
  5. 5 to possess
  6. 6 to account for (a high proportion etc)
占用
zhàn yòng
  1. 1 to occupy
占领
zhàn lǐng
  1. 1 to occupy (a territory)
  2. 2 to hold

Idioms (2)

多吃多占
duō chī duō zhàn
  1. 1 taking or eating more than one's due (idiom); greedy and selfish
独占鳌头
dú zhàn áo tóu
  1. 1 to come first in triennial palace examinations (idiom, 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)
  2. 2 to be the champion
  3. 3 to be the very best in any field

Sample Sentences

就是有人强行霸占了别人的座位，等人家来了，都不让座，这样的事情已经屡见不鲜了。
jiùshì yǒurén qiángxíng bàzhàn le biéren de zuòwèi ，děng rénjia lái le ，dōu bù ràng zuò ，zhèyàng de shìqing yǐjīng lǚjiànbùxiān le 。
It is to take another person’s seat and refuse to make way even when the rightful passenger arrives. These situations are common.
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当朋友圈被刷屏微商占领后，你或许会放弃它，转战订阅号，可是如果说朋友圈是原生态小作坊，订阅号就是一个个诱人的橱窗
dàng Péngyouquān bèi shuāpíng wēishāng zhànlǐng hòu ，nǐ huòxǔ huì fàngqì tā ，zhuǎnzhàn dìngyuè hào ，kěshì rúguǒ shuō Péngyouquān shì yuànshēngtài xiǎo zuōfang ，dìngyuèhào jiùshì yīgègè yòurén de chúchuāng
When the circle of friends is swept up by commercialism, you may give it up or buy a subscription. However, if the circle of friends is one's original workshop, then a subscription number is an attractive window.
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虽然粮食主产区分布广泛，但中国只有占全球7%的可耕地，要养活占全球20%的人口，因建设占用、灾毁、生态退耕等耕地面积持续减少。
suīrán liángshi zhǔchǎnqū fēnbù guǎngfàn ，dàn Zhōngguó zhǐ yǒu zhàn quánqiú de kěgēngdì ，yào yǎnghuo zhàn quánqiú de rénkǒu ，yīn jiànshè zhànyòng 、zāihuǐ 、shēngtàituìgēng děng gēngdì miànjī chíxù jiǎnshǎo 。
Although the main grain producing areas are widely distributed, China only has 7% of the world's arable land, and it has to feed 20% of the world's population. The area of cultivated land such as construction occupation, disasters, and ecological farmland has continued to decrease.
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为此，中国政府划出18亿亩耕地红线，依照法律，非法占用耕地罪最高可被判处5年徒刑。
wèicǐ ，Zhōngguó zhèngfǔ huà chū yì mǔ gēngdì hóngxiàn ，yīzhào fǎlǜ ，fēifǎ zhànyòng gēngdì zuì zuìgāo kě bèi pànchǔ nián túxíng 。
To this end, the Chinese government has drawn a red line of 1.8 billion mu of cultivated land. According to the law, illegally occupying cultivated land can be sentenced to five years in prison.
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2004年，亚马逊进入中国，并迅速占据中国电商市场一席之地。
nián ，Yàmǎxùn jìnrù Zhōngguó ，bìng xùnsù zhànjù Zhōngguó diànshāng shìchǎng yīxízhīdì 。
Amazon entered China in 2004 and quickly captured a place in the Chinese e-commerce market.
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