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
simp. and trad. (趁火打劫)		趁	火	打劫
Literally: “to rob during a fire; to take advantage of a fire and plunder”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chènhuǒdǎjié

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄣˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄉㄚˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): can³ fo² daa² gip³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: chènhuǒdǎjié [Phonetic: chènhuódǎjié]
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄉㄚˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chennhuuodaajye
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən⁵¹ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tä²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: can³ fo² daa² gip³
  - Yale: chan fó dá gip
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsan³ fo² daa² gip⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: cen³ fo² da² gib³
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐn³³ fɔː³⁵ täː³⁵ kiːp̚³/

Idiom

趁火打劫

to take advantage of chaos for one's own profit

Synonyms

趁火搶劫／趁火抢劫
趁哄打劫

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