趁火打劫

Chinese

		avail oneself of; take advantage of	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving	to rob; to plunder; to loot to rob; to plunder; to loot; to be in a situation where the ko rule applies
trad. (趁火打劫)		趁	火	打劫
simp. #(趁火打劫)		趁	火	打劫
Literally: “to rob during a fire; to take advantage of a fire and plunder”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chènhuǒdǎjié

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄣˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄉㄚˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): can³ fo² daa² gip³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chènhuǒdǎjié [Phonetic: chènhuódǎjié]
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄉㄚˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chènhuǒdǎjié
    • Wade–Giles: chʻên⁴-huo³-ta³-chieh²
    • Yale: chèn-hwǒ-dǎ-jyé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chennhuoodaajye
    • Palladius: чэньходацзе (čɛnʹxodacze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən⁵¹ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chènhuǒrdǎjié [Phonetic: chènhuórdǎjié]
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇㄦ ㄉㄚˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chènhuǒrdǎjié
    • Wade–Giles: chʻên⁴-huo³-ʼrh-ta³-chieh²
    • Yale: chèn-hwǒr-dǎ-jyé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chennhuooldaajye
    • Palladius: чэньхордацзе (čɛnʹxordacze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən⁵¹ xu̯ɔɻ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: can³ fo² daa² gip³
    • Yale: chan fó dá gip
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsan³ fo² daa² gip⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: cen³ fo² da² gib³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐn³³ fɔː³⁵ taː³⁵ kiːp̚³/

Idiom

趁火打劫

1. to take advantage of chaos for one's own profit

Synonyms

• 趁火搶劫／趁火抢劫
• 趁哄打劫
• (Cantonese) 趁佢病，攞佢命／趁佢病，𫽋佢命

Japanese

Kanji in this term
趁	火	打	劫
ちん Hyōgai	か Grade: 1	だ Grade: 3	こう Jinmeiyō
goon

Proverb

趁(ちん)火(か)打(だ)劫(こう) • (chin ka da kō) 

1. to take advantage of chaos for one's own profit