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Definition(s) for: 趁火打劫

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
趁火打劫 chèn huǒ - dǎ jié - lit. to loot a burning house (idiom)
- fig. to take advantage of sb's misfortune

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 36,495 50,273 44,016

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
chèn- to avail oneself of
- to take advantage of
chèn- old variant of 趁[chen4]
huǒ- surname Huo
huǒ- fire
- urgent
- ammunition
- fiery or flaming
- internal heat (Chinese medicine)
- hot (popular)
- classifier for military units (old)
- Kangxi radical 86
- (loanword) dozen
- Taiwan pr. [da3]
- to beat
- to strike
- to hit
- to break
- to type
- to mix up
- to build
- to fight
- to fetch
- to make
- to tie up
- to issue
- to shoot
- to calculate
- to play (a game)
- since
- from
jié- to rob
- to plunder
- to seize by force
- to coerce
- calamity
- abbr. for kalpa 劫波[jie2 bo1]
jié- variant of 劫[jie2]
jié- variant of 劫[jie2]
jié- variant of 劫[jie2]

Other Words Containing 趁火打劫

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
趁火打劫 - - 36,495 50,273 44,016