混水摸鱼
Traditional form:
混水摸魚
Pinyin (reading):
húnshuǐmōyú
Definitions:
- to fish in troubled water (idiom); to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain
- also written 渾水摸魚／浑水摸鱼
Characters:
- 混 - muddy, confused; to mix, to blend; to mingle
- 水 - water, liquid, lotion, juice
- 摸 - to caress, to stroke, to gently touch
- 鱼 - fish
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