Read Edit View history 混水摸鱼 húnshuǐmōyú to fish in troubled water Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 混水摸鱼 混水摸魚 húnshuǐmōyú to fish in troubled water to take advantage of a crisis or chaotic situation for personal gain to slack off to be lazy or idle at work while pretending to be busy Frequency Movie subtitles 0.060 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.326 per million Cross-References Variant of 浑水摸鱼 húnshuǐmōyúSynonym 趁火打劫 chènhuǒdǎjié Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
混水摸鱼 混水摸魚 húnshuǐmōyú to fish in troubled water to take advantage of a crisis or chaotic situation for personal gain to slack off to be lazy or idle at work while pretending to be busy Frequency Movie subtitles 0.060 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.326 per million Cross-References Variant of 浑水摸鱼 húnshuǐmōyúSynonym 趁火打劫 chènhuǒdǎjié Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)