乘人之危 chéng rén zhī wēi

to take advantage of sb's precarious position

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 70169th word

Definitions

  1. 1. to take advantage of sb's precarious position

Characters

Character Meaning
乘 chéng HSK 4
to ride; to make use of; to take advantage of
人 rén HSK 1
person; people; man
之 zhī HSK 4
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的de); it
危 wēi HSK 4
danger; to endanger; Taiwan pr. wéi