趁人之危 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• to take advantage of sb's difficulties

Character by character

• 趁chènto take advantage of, to seize an opportunity
• 人rénman, person; people
• 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of following ph
• 危wēidangerous, precarious; high

Idioms sharing a character

• 趁火打劫 chèn huǒ dǎ jié
• 一鸣惊人 yī míng jīng rén
• 三人成虎 sān rén chéng hǔ
• 不可告人 bù kě gào rén
• 不恤人言 bù xù rén yán
• 不甘人后 bù gān rén hòu
• 不甘后人 bù gān hòu rén
• 不近人情 bù jìn rén qíng
• 乘人不备 chéng rén bù bèi
• 事在人为 shì zài rén wéi

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