Read Edit View history 浑水摸鱼 húnshuǐmōyú to fish in troubled water Origin Definitions Defs 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)