乘火打劫

chénghuǒdǎjié
  1. to take advantage of sb's misfortune
  2. to loot

CEDICT

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

Wiktionary

利用失火慌亂時搶劫財物。比喻趁人之危。

重編國語辭典

趁人之危

維基詞典

Entry Composition

=1 乘 chéng
  1. to ride
  2. to mount
  3. to make use of
  4. to avail oneself of
  5. to take advantage of
  6. to multiply (math.)
  7. Buddhist sect or creed
=1 乘 chéng old variant of 乘 chéng
2 火 huǒ
  1. fire
  2. urgent
  3. ammunition
  4. fiery or flaming
  5. internal heat (Chinese medicine)
  6. hot (popular)
  7. classifier for military units (old)
  8. Kangxi radical 86
3 打劫 dǎjié
  1. to loot
  2. to rob
  3. to plunder
  4. to ransack

Related entries

劫掠 jiélüè
  1. to loot
  2. to plunder
劫洗 jiéxǐ
  1. to loot
  2. plunder
打劫 dǎjié
  1. to loot
  2. to rob
  3. to plunder
  4. to ransack
汤姆被打劫了。

Tom was mugged.

Source: Tatoeba

搶掠 qiǎnglüè
  1. to loot
  2. looting
哄搶 hōngqiǎng
  1. to panic buy
  2. to loot
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