chéng rén zhī wēi

HSK 7–9

乘人之危 (chéng rén zhī wēi) is a Chinese word meaning “to take advantage of sb's precarious position”.

Meanings

  1. 1to take advantage of sb's precarious position

Characters in 乘人之危

乘chéng · to ride人rén · person; people之zhī · (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])危wēi · danger

Related words

人person; people之(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])之前before女人woman女人wife别人other people; others; other person男人a man之后after; behind有人someone人们people之间(after a noun) between; among; amid危险danger

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