乘人之危
Traditional form:
乘人之危
Pinyin (reading):
chéngrénzhīwēi
Definitions:
- to take advantage of sb's precarious position
Characters:
- 乘 - ride, mount; to make use of; to ascend; to multiply
- 人 - man, person; people
- 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
- 危 - dangerous, precarious; high
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