Meaning of 趁火打劫
趁火打劫 means to loot a burning house; to take advantage of someone's crisis to exploit or profit from them; to profiteer from others' misfortune. Pronounced chèn huǒ dǎ jié.
- to loot a burning house; to take advantage of someone's crisis to exploit or profit from them; to profiteer from others' misfortune
Definitions & Examples
Yī一
xiē些
bù不
fǎ法
shāng商
rén人
chèn趁
huǒ火
dǎ打
jié劫
，
dà大
fú幅
tí提
gāo高
le了
jiù救
zāi灾
wù物
zī资
de的
jià价
gé格
。
Some unscrupulous merchants looted the burning house by drastically raising prices on relief supplies.
Gǔ股
shì市
bào暴
diē跌
shí时
，
zǒng总
yǒu有
rén人
xiǎng想
chèn趁
huǒ火
dǎ打
jié劫
，
shōu收
gòu购
lián廉
jià价
zī资
chǎn产
。
When the stock market crashes, there are always people looking to take advantage of the crisis to acquire cheap assets.
Wǒ我
men们
bù不
néng能
zài在
bié别
rén人
yù遇
dào到
kùn困
nan难
shí时
chèn趁
huǒ火
dǎ打
jié劫
。
We must not take advantage of others when they encounter difficulties.