乘
人
之
危

To take advantage of sb's precarious position in Chinese: 乘人之危 (chéng rén zhī wēi)

chéng rén zhī wēi

to take advantage of sb's precarious position

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Definitions

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

Stroke order

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乘
人
之
危

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄔㄥˊ

chéng

ㄔ/ chㄥ/ engˊ/ second tone

ㄖㄣˊ

rén

ㄖ/ rㄣ/ enˊ/ second tone

ㄓ

zhī

ㄓ/ zh—/ first tone

ㄨㄟ

wēi

ㄨ/ uㄟ/ ei—/ first tone

Example sentences

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  • 他这样做是乘人之危，太不应该了。

    tā zhè yàng zuò shì chéng rén zhī wēi， tài bú yīng gāi le。

    Acting this way is taking advantage of others' misfortune, which is very wrong.

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Related words

人

rén

person

之

zhī

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的)

乘

chéng

to ride

男人

nán rén

a man

女人

nǚ rén

woman

别人

bié ren

other people

客人

kè rén

visitor

乘坐

chéng zuò

to ride (in a vehicle)

分之

fēn zhī

(indicating a fraction)

危险

wēi xiǎn

danger

敌人

dí rén

enemy

个人

gè rén

individual

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