乘火打劫

Chinese

		ride; mount; make use of ride; mount; make use of; take advantage of; multiply; to avail of; to ride	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving	to rob; to plunder; to loot to rob; to plunder; to loot; to be in a situation where the ko rule applies
trad. (乘火打劫)		乘	火	打劫
simp. ^#(乘火打劫)		乘	火	打劫
Literally: “to take advantage of a fire to rob”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chénghuǒdǎjié

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄉㄚˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sing⁴ fo² daa² gip³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chénghuǒdǎjié [Phonetic: chénghuódǎjié]
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄉㄚˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chénghuǒdǎjié
  - Wade–Giles: chʻêng²-huo³-ta³-chieh²
  - Yale: chéng-hwǒ-dǎ-jyé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chernghuoodaajye
  - Palladius: чэнходацзе (čɛnxodacze)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sing⁴ fo² daa² gip³
  - Yale: sìhng fó dá gip
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sing⁴ fo² daa² gip⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: xing⁴ fo² da² gib³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ²¹ fɔː³⁵ taː³⁵ kiːp̚³/

Idiom

乘火打劫

to take advantage of another person's misfortune for personal gain

Synonyms

趁火打劫 (chènhuǒdǎjié)

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