- Meaning: to usurp the place of, to displace, to substitute
- In Hong Kong slang: 頂左、霸左 (個位), 整走、郁 (個人)
- In decent Chinese: 奪位, 鵲巢鳩佔； 取代
- Where we first met: New York Times Book Review on Mayflower (by Nathaniel Philbrick, Viking, 2006) - ' ... the civilization that supplanted the [native tribe] Wampanoag.'
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
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