🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

有利地位

Pronunciation / Transliteration: yǒulì dìwèi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Catbird seat/ˈkæt.bɜːrd siːt/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"经过这次谈判,他们占据了有利地位。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

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As noun
  1. 1

    A position of advantage, superiority, or supreme control; an enviable or commanding situation.

    "After negotiating the contract details, the company found itself sitting in the catbird seat."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

This American idiom originated in the mid-20th century, popularized largely by the humorist and sports broadcaster James Thurber. It derives from the habit of the gray catbird to perch in the highest branches of trees, a vantage point metaphorically associated with holding an advantageous, superior, or commanding position.

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