趁火打劫 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• (lit.) to loot a burning house
• (fig.) to take advantage of sb's misfortune

Character by character

• 趁chènto take advantage of, to seize an opportunity
• 火huǒfire, flame; to burn; anger, rage
• 打dǎto attack, to beat, to hit, to strike
• 劫jiéto take by force, to coerce; disaster; misfortune

Idioms sharing a character

• 趁人之危 chèn rén zhī wēi
• 干柴烈火 gān chái liè huǒ
• 刀山火海 dāo shān huǒ hǎi
• 厝火积薪 cuò huǒ jī xīn
• 大动肝火 dà dòng gān huǒ
• 如火如荼 rú huǒ rú tú
• 后院起火 hòu yuàn qǐ huǒ
• 急如星火 jí rú xīng huǒ
• 惹火烧身 rě huǒ shāo shēn
• 战火纷飞 zhàn huǒ fēn fēi

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