趁火打劫

Chinese

		avail oneself of; take advantage of	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. (趁火打劫)		趁	火	打劫
simp. ^#(趁火打劫)		趁	火	打劫
Literally: “to rob during a fire; to take advantage of a fire and plunder”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chènhuǒdǎjié

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄣˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄉㄚˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): can³ fo² daa² gip³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chènhuǒdǎjié [Phonetic: chènhuódǎjié]
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄉㄚˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chènhuǒdǎjié
  - Wade–Giles: chʻên⁴-huo³-ta³-chieh²
  - Yale: chèn-hwǒ-dǎ-jyé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chennhuoodaajye
  - Palladius: чэньходацзе (čɛnʹxodacze)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən⁵¹ xwɔ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tä²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕjɛ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chènhuǒrdǎjié [Phonetic: chènhuórdǎjié]
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇㄦㄉㄚˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chènhuǒrdǎjié
  - Wade–Giles: chʻên⁴-huorh³-ta³-chieh²
  - Yale: chèn-hwǒr-dǎ-jyé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chennhuooldaajye
  - Palladius: чэньхордацзе (čɛnʹxordacze)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən⁵¹ xwɔɻ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tä²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕjɛ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: can³ fo² daa² gip³
  - Yale: chan fó dá gip
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsan³ fo² daa² gip⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: cen³ fo² da² gib³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐn³³ fɔː³⁵ taː³⁵ kiːp̚³/

Idiom

趁火打劫

to take advantage of chaos for one's own profit

Synonyms

趁火搶劫／趁火抢劫
趁哄打劫
(Cantonese) 趁佢病，攞佢命／趁佢病，𫽋佢命

Japanese

Kanji in this term
趁	火	打	劫
ちん Hyōgaiji	か Grade: 1	だ Grade: 3	こう Jinmeiyō
goon

Proverb

趁(ちん)火(か)打(だ)劫(こう) • (chin ka da kō)

to take advantage of chaos for one's own profit

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