趁火打劫

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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

(deprecated template usage) 趁火打劫

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

Synonyms

(deprecated template usage)