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趁墟打市
  can3 heoi1 daa2 si5   jyutping
loot a burning house, take adventage of sb.'s misfortune (lit., "to go to the market, to go to the fair")


Idiom

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
趁墟打市

This word was added by bybell on 28th May 2007 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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 can3  zhen3 zhen1 nian3 chen2 chen4  -  [1] [v] take advantage of; avail oneself to [2
 heoi1  xu1  -  [1] [n] high mound; ancient town; ghost town [
 daa2 daa1  da3 da2  -  hit; strike | dozen
 si5  shi4  -  market; marketplace
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