乘隙而入
chéng​xì'ér​rù

to take advantage of a loophole

  • created sense approved 乘隙而入 · chéng​xì'ér​rù · to take advantage of a loophole — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    乘隙而入

    chéng​xì'ér​rù

    to take advantage of a loophole

    To seize an opportunity to enter; to take advantage of a gap or a lapse in supervision to make a move.

    乘隙 (literal) → 乘隙 · chéng​xì · to exploit a loophole 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · [adverbial linker] 入 (literal) → 入 · rù · to enter

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense