fish in troubled waters(hún shuǐ mō yú)

fish in troubled waters

Fishing in troubled waters is a Chinese idiom, which is pronounced as H ú nshu ǐ m ō y ú, also known as "fishing in troubled waters". The original meaning is that in the turbid water, the fish are dizzy and can get unexpected benefits by taking the opportunity to fish. It refers to taking advantage of chaos to obtain improper benefits. This plan is used in military affairs. It refers to the strategy of seizing the opportunity to win when the enemy is in chaos. Fishing in troubled waters is also the twentieth of the thirty-six. It comes from Lao She's "four generations in the same hall, panic, 10": "if things are settled, he can go fishing in troubled waters immediately, and care whether war will start in Shanghai or not."

essential information

[Chinese characters] fishing in troubled waters [Hanyu Pinyin] h ú nshu ǐ m ō y ú [explanation of words] refers to taking advantage of chaos to get improper benefits. [synonym] fishing in troubled waters, taking advantage of the fire, taking advantage of the opportunity to enter; [antonym] staying at home at night, leaving nothing to be found on the road; [idiom usage] more formal; used as predicate and attribute; with derogatory meaning; [idiom nature] derogatory word

The origin of Idioms

Lao She's "four generations in the same hall, panic, ten" says: "if things are settled, he can go fishing in troubled waters immediately, and care whether war will start in Shanghai or not."

Examples of Idioms

1. Xu Chi's "Peony" 5: "to help tyrant, he will not do it. It's the right time. " (2) Ma Nan Tsuen's "Yanshan night talk: an egg's property": he intends to send the egg he picked up to his neighbor's hens for hatching together. His purpose is obviously to fish in troubled waters. " 3. The man who is greedy for profits always wants to fish in troubled waters and get a piece of it.

Chinese PinYin : hún shuǐ mō yú