趁火打劫 — Chinese idiom
趁火打劫
chèn huǒ dǎ jié
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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