浑水摸鱼 húnshuǐmōyú to fish in troubled water Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 浑水摸鱼 渾水摸魚 húnshuǐmōyú to fish in troubled water To take advantage of a crisis or chaotic situation for personal gain to shirk To be lazy at work or loaf on the job by taking advantage of a lack of supervision to fish in muddy water To catch fish while the water is turbid or muddy Frequency Movie subtitles 0.300 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.457 per million Cross-References Variant of 混水摸鱼 húnshuǐmōyúSynonym 趁火打劫 chènhuǒdǎjié乘人之危 chéngrénzhīwēiReferenced by 摸鱼 mōyú Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
浑水摸鱼 渾水摸魚 húnshuǐmōyú to fish in troubled water To take advantage of a crisis or chaotic situation for personal gain to shirk To be lazy at work or loaf on the job by taking advantage of a lack of supervision to fish in muddy water To catch fish while the water is turbid or muddy Frequency Movie subtitles 0.300 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.457 per million Cross-References Variant of 混水摸鱼 húnshuǐmōyúSynonym 趁火打劫 chènhuǒdǎjié乘人之危 chéngrénzhīwēiReferenced by 摸鱼 mōyú Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
