渾水摸魚

Chinese

		muddy water; chaotic situation	to stroke fish; to slack off
trad. (渾水摸魚)		渾水	摸魚
simp. (浑水摸鱼)		浑水	摸鱼
variant forms		混水摸魚／混水摸鱼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): húnshuǐmōyú

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄣˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄛㄩˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wan⁶ seoi² mo² jyu⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: húnshuǐmōyú
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄣˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄛㄩˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwenshoeimhoyu
  - Tongyong Pinyin: húnshuěimoyú
  - IPA ^(key): /xwən³⁵ ʂweɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ mwɔ⁵⁵ y³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    混水摸魚／混水摸鱼
    渾水摸魚／浑水摸鱼
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wan⁶ seoi² mo² jyu⁴
  - Yale: wahn séui mó yùh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wan⁶ soey² mo² jy⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: wen⁶ sêu² mo² yu⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /wɐn²² sɵy̯³⁵ mɔː³⁵ jyː²¹/

Idiom

渾水摸魚

to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain; to fish in troubled waters

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