趁火打劫

Chinese

avail oneself of; take advantage of
 
fire; angry; fierce
fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
 
to rob; to plunder; to loot
to rob; to plunder; to loot; to be in a situation where the ko rule applies
trad. (趁火打劫) 打劫
simp. #(趁火打劫) 打劫
Literally: “to rob during a fire; to take advantage of a fire and plunder”.

Pronunciation


Idiom

趁火打劫

  1. to take advantage of chaos for one's own profit

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ちん
Hyōgaiji

Grade: 1

Grade: 3
こう
Jinmeiyō
goon

Proverb

(ちん)()()(こう) • (chin ka da kō) 

  1. to take advantage of chaos for one's own profit
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