乘火打劫 chéng huǒ dǎ jié

to take advantage of sb's misfortune; to loot

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. to take advantage of sb's misfortune
  2. 2. to loot

Characters

Character Meaning
乘 chéng HSK 4
to ride; to make use of; to take advantage of
火 huǒ HSK 2
fire; hot (popular); fiery or flaming
打 dǎ HSK 1
to hit; to strike; to beat
劫 jié HSK 6
variant of 劫jié; to rob; to plunder