乘火打劫
chéng​huǒ​dǎ​jié

to loot a burning house

  • created sense approved 乘火打劫 · chéng​huǒ​dǎ​jié · to loot a burning house — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    乘火打劫

    chéng​huǒ​dǎ​jié

    to loot a burning house

    to take advantage of someone's misfortune to do them harm or seek personal gain

    乘 (literal) → 乘 · chéng · to take advantage of 火 (literal) → 火 · huǒ · fire 打劫 (literal) → 打劫 · dǎ​jié · to rob

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