「趁火打劫」

Entry #1
Pronunciation: can3 fo2 daa2 gip3
Individual
Character Meaning:
while; when
fire; watt; passion
to hit; dozen; to beat; to strike; to knock; to shoot; to compete with; to fight against; to go up against; to whisk; to inject; to load; to fill with; to tie; to knot; to "check off"; to get; to seize; to catch; to hunt; to work; to strive; to think; to concentrate; to count
calamity; disaster; to rob; to raid
Part of Speech: verb
Explanation:
to take advantage of someone's chaotic situation; to fish in troubled waters; literally: to loot under the cover of fire
(Cant.) jik6zing3dai2haa6saang1ji3caam2daam6jip6zyu2zung6jiu3gaa1zou1zung6m4hai6can3fo2daa2gip3
(Eng.) While the business goes south during the epidemic, the property owners raise the rent. Aren't they fishing in troubled waters?
See also: 混水摸魚
Copyrights:© 2021 Hong Kong Lexicography Limited - License
電郵地址
上面呢個欄位係用嚟隔走啲bot嘅。如果你唔係bot,請唔好填寫任何嘢。