钻
空
子

To take advantage of a loophole in Chinese: 钻空子 (zuān kòng zi)

zuān kòng zi

to take advantage of a loophole

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 鑽空子1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to take advantage of a loophole; to exploit an advantage; to seize the opportunity (esp. to do sth bad)

Stroke order

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钻
空
子

Zhuyin

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ㄗㄨㄢ

zuān

ㄗ/ zㄨ/ uㄢ/ an—/ first tone

ㄎㄨㄥˋ

kòng

ㄎ/ kㄨ/ uㄥ/ engˋ/ fourth tone

˙ㄗ

zi

˙/ neutral toneㄗ/ z

Simplified & traditional

钻空子

Simplified

鑽空子

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 他总想钻空子，占别人的便宜。

    tā zǒng xiǎng zuān kòng zi， zhàn bié rén de pián yi。

    He always tries to exploit loopholes to take advantage of others.

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Related words

子

zǐ

son

空

kōng

empty

钻

zuàn

an auger

杯子

bēi zi

cup

儿子

ér zi

son

椅子

yǐ zi

chair

桌子

zhuō zi

table

孩子

hái zi

child

妻子

qī zǐ

wife and children

鼻子

bí zi

nose

电子

diàn zǐ

electronic

句子

jù zi

sentence

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