见缝就钻 — Chinese idiom
见缝就钻
jiàn fèng jiù zuān
Traditional: 見縫就鑽
Meaning
- lit. to squeeze into every crack
- fig. to make the most of every opportunity
Character by character
- 见jiànto see, to observe, to meet, to appear
- 缝fèngto sew, to mend
- 就jiùjust, simply; to go to; to approach, near
- 钻zuāndiamond; to bore, to drill, to pierce
Idioms sharing a character
- 一孔之见 yī kǒng zhī jiàn
- 一般见识 yī bān jiàn shi
- 一见钟情 yī jiàn zhōng qíng
- 一见高低 yī jiàn gāo dī
- 一针见血 yī zhēn jiàn xiě
- 不见不散 bù jiàn bù sàn
- 不见天日 bù jiàn tiān rì
- 不见经传 bù jiàn jīng zhuàn
- 井蛙之见 jǐng wā zhī jiàn
- 兵戎相见 bīng róng xiāng jiàn
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