趁火打劫 in English chen4 huo3 da3 jie2 Meaning

Meanings

  • to loot a burning house
  • to profit from somebody's misfortune (idiomatic expression)

Simplified Characters

趁 火 打 劫

Traditional Characters

趁 火 打 劫

Pinyin

chen4 huo3 da3 jie2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

趁chen4to avail oneself of 火huo3surname Huo 打da3dozen (loanword) 劫jie2variant of 劫[jie2]