趁火打劫 chèn huǒ dǎ jié

to profit from sb's misfortune (idiom)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 36345th word

Definitions

  1. 1. to profit from sb's misfortune (idiom)
  2. 2. to loot a burning house

Characters

Character Meaning
趁 chèn HSK 5
to take advantage of; to avail oneself 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