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Chinese translation for "趁火打劫"

[ chènhuǒdǎjié ] 
rob the owner while his house is on fire; fish in troubled water(s); make use of sb.'s misfortune to serve one's own ends [advantage]; plunder [loot] a burning house; profit by another's ill luck; stir up trouble to serve one's own ends; take advantage of a conflagration to loot; take advantage of others' difficulties for one's own benefit; take advantage of sb.'s misfortune to do him harm; take advantage of the situation to profiteer

Related Translations:
趁火打劫的人:  ambulance chaser
Example Sentences:
1.America never wished to profit from the misfortunes of her neighbours .
美国决不想对邻居趁火打劫
2.Fish in troubled watered
混水摸鱼趁火打劫
3.European pressure groups ( anti stem - cell , anti - software ) hijack process
欧洲的一些反对组织(反干细胞组织、反软件组织)将趁火打劫
4.I refused to let them come here because i knew they only wanted to fish in troubled waters
我?让他们来这儿,因为我知道他们只是想来趁火打劫
5.Both partners now resent your interference ; that ' s what you get when you fish in the troubled waters of marital strife
现在两方面都对你的干预不满,那是对你的婚姻冲突中趁火打劫的报应。
6.But the director uses conventions only to break free from them , and the unexpected twist dispenses with romanticism to finally embrace the emancipation of womanhood
女的对男的欲离难舍,以为爱火或可重燃出光明,但一场火灾,眼见男的趁火打劫,最终选择摆脱他的束缚。
7.When we reached the community described above , the national guard , who safeguarded the entrance to prevent looters , confronted us and told us that special permits were required to enter
当我们到达该社区时,为避免趁火打劫者入侵而防守在入口处的国家护卫队来到我们面前,告诉我们必须提出特别的许可证才允许进入。
8.The government is also taking advantage of the fact that people s attention is distracted from the usual day - to - day matters by this current calamity , to quietly push the legislative process on article 23
更使人愤慨的是在疫症灾难使人人惊恐而无闲关注别的事情时,政府悄悄地推进基本法23条立法程序,这岂不是趁火打劫
9.This cannot but make us indignant . the government is also taking advantage of the fact that people s attention is distracted from the usual day - to - day matters by this current calamity , to quietly push the legislative process on article 23
更使人愤慨的是在疫症灾难使人人惊恐而无闲关注别的事情时,政府悄悄地推进基本法23条立法程序,这岂不是趁火打劫
Similar Words:
"趁风扬土" Chinese translation, "趁干铲出的粪便" Chinese translation, "趁干铲出法" Chinese translation, "趁黑夜" Chinese translation, "趁还未开冻开度" Chinese translation, "趁火打劫, 顺手牵羊" Chinese translation, "趁火打劫的人" Chinese translation, "趁火行劫" Chinese translation, "趁机" Chinese translation, "趁机捣乱" Chinese translation