渾水摸魚

浑水摸鱼
húnshuǐmōyú
to fish in troubled water (idiom); to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain

CEDICT

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

Wiktionary

在渾濁的水中撈魚。比喻趁混亂時攫取利益或指工作不認真。如：「有人在空難現場渾水摸魚，拿走許多貴重的物品。」也作「混水摸魚」。

重編國語辭典

  1. 工作不認真
  2. 趁混亂的時機謀取不正當的利益

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 渾水 húnshuǐ
  1. (figurative) chaotic situation (that no one would like to involve themselves in)
  2. chaotic situation (that no one would like to involve themselves in)
  3. muddy water
2 摸魚 mōyú
  1. to catch fish
  2. (fig.) to loaf on the job; to be slack; to take it easy

Related entries

混水摸魚 húnshuǐmōyú
  1. to fish in troubled water (idiom); to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain
  2. also written 渾水摸魚