take advantage of others ' difficulties the precarious situation sb . is in(chéng rén zhī wēi)

take advantage of others ' difficulties the precarious situation sb . is in

Take advantage of others' danger, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ch é NgR é nzh ī w ē I, meaning to take advantage of others' danger to threaten damage. It comes from the biography of gaixun in the book of the later Han Dynasty.

Idiom explanation

It refers to threatening damage when others are in danger.

The origin of Idioms

According to the biography of Gai Xun in the book of the later Han Dynasty, "it is not loyalty to plan and kill good people; it is not benevolence to take advantage of people's danger."

Idioms and allusions

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, because of his integrity and ability, Gai Xun was promoted to be filial and honest, and became the chief official of the prefect. Gaixun's county was under the jurisdiction of Liangzhou governor Liang Hu, who was gaixun's friend. at that time, under the jurisdiction of the Liangzhou governor, the Wuwei prefect was overbearing and did all the bad things. The common people hated him to the bone and dared not speak up. However, Su Zhenghe, the subordinate officer of Liang Hu, was not afraid of the bully and dared to fight against the bully. He investigated and dealt with the crime of Wu Wei in accordance with the law. Unexpectedly, Liang Husheng was worried that the high-level dignitaries would be involved in the investigation of Wu Wei's crime. He even wanted to kill Su Zhenghe, but he was not sure whether it was proper to do so, so he planned to go to his good friend gaixun to discuss what to do. As it happens, Gai Xun and Su Zhenghe are enemies. Someone revealed to him that the assassin would discuss with him how to deal with Su Zhenghe, and suggested that he take this opportunity to persuade the assassin to kill Su Zhenghe and take revenge. After hearing this, Gai Xun flatly refused to say, "it's disloyal to kill a good minister for personal affairs; it's inhumane to harm others when they are in danger." After that, Liang Hu came to discuss with him about how to deal with Su Zhenghe. Gai Xun, for example, advised Liang Hu, "if you feed a kite, you should make it fierce, so that you can catch prey for you. Now it is very fierce, but you want to kill it. In that case, what's the use of raising it? " A contract made by taking advantage of a person's danger a contract made by taking advantage of the other party's dangerous situation or urgent needs to seek illegitimate interests and force the other party to violate its true will. The constitutive elements of taking advantage of others' danger include: (1) one party is in a critical situation or urgent need; (2) the actor has taken advantage of others' danger, which makes the other party conclude a contract with him by force of helplessness; (3) the actor has subjective intention; (4) the victim's expression of will is seriously unfavorable to him. Taking advantage of others' danger is different from obvious injustice. The behavior of taking advantage of others' danger will bring obvious unfair consequences, but it emphasizes that the actor has to make use of the other party's dangerous situation or urgent needs to express his intention out of his own disadvantage; while obvious unfair is a contract made with the other party by taking advantage of the other party's lack of experience. It can be seen that, compared with the obvious unfairness, the subjective malignancy of taking advantage of others' danger is greater. Taking advantage of a person's danger and coercion both involve one party's expression of intention against his will because of danger. The difference between the two lies in that the conclusion of a contract because of coercion is the result of the actor's threat to carry out a certain act, which makes the other party go against his true will out of fear; while the actor who takes advantage of the other party's situation only makes it necessary to conclude a contract with it.

Idiom usage

The person who takes advantage of others' danger and makes a lot of money is immoral.

Analysis of Idioms

Antonym: help the poor and help the poor

Chinese PinYin : chéng rén zhī wēi