kě chéng zhī jī

Traditional: 可乘之機

HSK 7–9

可乘之机 (kě chéng zhī jī) is a Chinese word meaning “(idiom) an opportunity that someone (usually a villain or adversary) can exploit”.

Meanings

  1. 1(idiom) an opportunity that someone (usually a villain or adversary) can exploit

Characters in 可乘之机

可kě · (prefix) can; may; able to; -able乘chéng · to ride之zhī · (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])机jī · (bound form) machine; mechanism

Related words

可以can可(prefix) can; may; able to; -able可used in 可汗[ke4 han2]可能might (happen)之(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])之前before可是but; however机会opportunity之后after; behind之间(after a noun) between; among; amid可爱adorable飞机airplane

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