乘人不备 — Chinese idiom
乘人不备
chéng rén bù bèi
Traditional: 乘人不備
Meaning
- to take advantage of sb in an unguarded moment
- to take sb by surprise
Character by character
- 乘chéngride, mount; to make use of; to ascend; to multipl
- 人rénman, person; people
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 备bèito prepare; to get ready, to equip; ready; perfect
Idioms sharing a character
- 乘虚而入 chéng xū ér rù
- 乘风破浪 chéng fēng pò làng
- 加减乘除 jiā jiǎn chéng chú
- 可乘之机 kě chéng zhī jī
- 因利乘便 yīn lì chéng biàn
- 有机可乘 yǒu jī kě chéng
- 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
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