乘虚而入 — Chinese idiom
乘虚而入
chéng xū ér rù
Traditional: 乘虛而入
Meaning
- to enter by exploiting a weak spot ; to take advantage of a lapse
Character by character
- 乘chéngride, mount; to make use of; to ascend; to multipl
- 虚xūfalse; worthless, hollow, empty; vain
- 而érand, and then, and yet; but
- 入rùto enter, to come in; to join
Idioms sharing a character
- 乘人不备 chéng rén bù bèi
- 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
- 不虚此行 bù xū cǐ xíng
- 以虚带实 yǐ xū dài shí
- 做贼心虚 zuò zéi xīn xū
- 名不虚传 míng bù xū chuán
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