落井下石 luòjǐngxiàshí to hit someone when they are down Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 落井下石 luòjǐngxiàshí to hit someone when they are down Literally meaning to throw stones at someone who has fallen into a well; used to describe harming or taking advantage of someone who is already in a difficult situation Frequency Movie subtitles 0.950 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.738 per million Cross-References Synonym 乘人之危 chéngrénzhīwēi下井投石 xiàjǐngtóushí打落水狗 dǎluòshuǐgǒuAntonym 雪中送炭 xuězhōngsòngtàn济困扶危 jìkùnfúwēiSame as 投井下石 tóujǐngxiàshíReferenced by 投阱下石 tóujǐngxiàshí Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
落井下石 luòjǐngxiàshí to hit someone when they are down Literally meaning to throw stones at someone who has fallen into a well; used to describe harming or taking advantage of someone who is already in a difficult situation Frequency Movie subtitles 0.950 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.738 per million Cross-References Synonym 乘人之危 chéngrénzhīwēi下井投石 xiàjǐngtóushí打落水狗 dǎluòshuǐgǒuAntonym 雪中送炭 xuězhōngsòngtàn济困扶危 jìkùnfúwēiSame as 投井下石 tóujǐngxiàshíReferenced by 投阱下石 tóujǐngxiàshí Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)