吃别人嚼过的馍不香

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

Character by character

• 吃(chī)eat
• 别(bié)surname Bie
• 人(rén)person
• 嚼(jiáo)chew
• 过(guò)cross
• 的(de)marks possession and modification
• 馍(mó)small loaf of steamed bread
• 不(bù)no
• 香(xiāng)fragrant