乘火打劫

Chinese

		ride; mount; make use of ride; mount; make use of; take advantage of; multiply; to avail of; to ride	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. (乘火打劫)		乘	火	打劫
simp. #(乘火打劫)		乘	火	打劫
Literally: “to take advantage of a fire to rob”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chénghuǒdǎjié

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄉㄚˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing⁴ fo² daa² gip³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chénghuǒdǎjié [Phonetic: chénghuódǎjié]
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄉㄚˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chénghuǒdǎjié
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng²-huo³-ta³-chieh²
    • Yale: chéng-hwǒ-dǎ-jyé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chernghuoodaajye
    • Palladius: чэнходацзе (čɛnxodacze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing⁴ fo² daa² gip³
    • Yale: sìhng fó dá gip
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing⁴ fo² daa² gip⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing⁴ fo² da² gib³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ²¹ fɔː³⁵ taː³⁵ kiːp̚³/

Idiom

乘火打劫

1. to take advantage of another person's misfortune for personal gain

Synonyms

• 趁火打劫 (chènhuǒdǎjié)