take advantage of a favourable trend(jiè shuǐ tuī chuán)

take advantage of a favourable trend

As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is Ji è Shu ǐ Tu ī Chu á n, which means to take advantage of the situation. It comes from the warning of the world by Feng Menglong of Ming Dynasty.

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate, object, attribute; used as a convenience

Analysis of Idioms

A boat in borrowed water

The origin of Idioms

Feng Menglong of Ming Dynasty's the general statement of the police world, Vol. 30: "the prison officer took advantage of the water to push the boat, and had the right to put Wu Qing in prison."

Idiom explanation

Take advantage of the situation. It is also called "sailing by water".

Chinese PinYin : jiè shuǐ tuī chuán