hún shuǐ mō yú

Traditional: 渾水摸魚

浑水摸鱼 (hún shuǐ mō yú) is a Chinese word meaning “to fish in troubled water (idiom); to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain”.

Meanings

  1. 1to fish in troubled water (idiom); to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain

Characters in 浑水摸鱼

浑hún · muddy; turbid水shuǐ · water摸mō · to feel with the hand鱼yú · fish (CL:條|条[tiao2],尾[wei3])

Related words

水water水surname Shui鱼fish (CL:條|条[tiao2],尾[wei3])鱼surname Yu摸to feel with the hand摸variant of 摹[mo2]水平horizontal; level薪水salary鲨鱼shark水果fruit钓鱼to fish (with line and hook); to angle香水perfume

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