趁火打劫 (chèn huǒ dǎ jié) | Meaning: (lit.) to loot a burning house (idiom) | Chinese Idiom with Pinyin & Origin

to fish in troubled water (idiom); to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain浑水摸鱼hún shuǐ mō yú

lit. to lead away a goat while passing by (idiom) · fig. to opportunistically pocket sb's possessions and walk off顺手牵羊shùn shǒu qiān yáng

to break into a house for robbery (idiom)打家劫舍dǎ jiā jié shè

to take advantage of sb's difficulties (idiom)趁人之危chèn rén zhī wēi

lit. when a wall is about to collapse, everybody gives it a shove (idiom) · fig. everybody hits a man who is down墙倒众人推qiáng dǎo zhòng rén tuī

to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom) · to hit a person when he's down落井下石luò jǐng xià shí

(lit.) to loot a burning house (idiom) · (fig.) to take advantage of sb's misfortune