to fish in troubled water (idiom); to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain
trad. 渾水摸魚
Also written 渾水摸魚【hún shuǐ mō yú】
Characters in this word
4浑
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muddy; turbid, brainless; foolish, (bound form) simple; natural, (bound form) whole; entire; all over
- Pinyin
- hún
- Traditional
- 渾
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 46304 of 2500
水
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surname Shui, Shui ethnic group
- Pinyin
- Shuǐ
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 807 of 2500
摸
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to feel with the hand, to touch, to stroke, to grope, to steal, to abstract
- Pinyin
- mō
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 2473 of 2500
鱼
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surname Yu
- Pinyin
- Yú
- Traditional
- 魚
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 1545 of 2500