趁虚而入
chèn​xū'ér​rù

to take advantage of a weakness

  • created reference approved 趁虚而入/趁虛而入 → 乘虚而入/乘虛而入 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    趁虚而入 / 趁虛而入 chèn​xū'ér​rù

    乘虚而入 / 乘虛而入 chéng​xū'ér​rù

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

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  • created sense approved 趁虚而入/趁虛而入 · chèn​xū'ér​rù · to take advantage of a weakness — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    趁虚而入 / 趁虛而入

    chèn​xū'ér​rù

    to take advantage of a weakness

    To avail oneself of a vulnerability or gap to enter or strike, such as when an opponent is weak, distracted, or ill-prepared; literally "to enter while there is a hollow".

    趁 (literal) → 趁 · chèn · while 虚 (literal) → 虚/虛 · xū · weak point 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · [adverbial linker] 入 (literal) → 入 · rù · to enter

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

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