趁火打劫 [－－－－]

Jyutping can3 fo2 daa2 gip3
Pinyin chèn huǒ dǎ jié

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. lit. to loot a burning house (idiom)
  2. fig. to take advantage of sb's misfortune
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    趁​他​人形​勢​危急​、​混​亂​攞​着​數
    to take advantage of someone's chaotic situation; to fish in troubled waters; literally: to loot under the cover of fire
    • 疫症底下生意慘淡，業主仲要加租，仲唔係趁火打劫？
      疫症底下生意惨淡，业主仲要加租，仲唔系趁火打劫？
      jik6 zing3 dai2 haa6 saang1 ji3 caam2 daam6, jip6 zyu2 zung6 jiu3 gaa1 zou1, zung6 m4 hai6 can3 fo2 daa2 gip3?
      While the business goes south during the epidemic, the property owners raise the rent. Aren't they fishing in troubled waters?
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, idiomatic
    to take advantage of chaos for one's own profit
    (syn.) 趁火搶劫, 趁火抢劫, 𫽋佢命, 攞佢命, 趁哄打劫, 趁佢病
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    疫症底下生意惨淡，业主仲要加租，仲唔系趁火打劫？
    疫症底下生意慘淡，業主仲要加租，仲唔係趁火打劫？
    jik6 zing3 dai2 haa6 saang1 ji3 caam2 daam6, jip6 zyu2 zung6 jiu3 gaa1 zou1, zung6 m4 hai6 can3 fo2 daa2 gip3?
    • While the business goes south during the epidemic, the property owners raise the rent. Aren't they fishing in troubled waters?