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趁火打劫

chèn huǒ dǎ jié
Rare

Definitions

  1. 1. lit. to loot a burning house (idiom)
  2. 2. fig. to take advantage of sb's misfortune

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Child Words of 趁火打劫

劫
jié

to rob

打
dá

dozen (loanword)

打
dǎ

to beat

火
huǒ

fire

趁
chèn

to avail oneself of

打劫
dǎ jié

to loot