乘虚而入 meaning - Chinese-English Dictionary

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MEANING OF 乘虚而入

chéng xū ér rù

乘虚而入 (乘虛而入)

Definition to enter by exploiting a weak spot (idiom); to take advantage of a lapse

Idiom 乘 take advantage of / Take advantage of weakness to enter

Usage

Synonyms 投入输入纳入步入潜入渗入编入突入鱼贯而入一拥而入

Antonym 无隙可乘无懈可击

中文释义乘趁。趁着虚弱疏漏的地方进入。

Characters 乘 chéng 虚 (虛) xū 而 ér 入 rù

EXAMPLE SENTENCES
	经济未能恢复元气，通货紧缩乘虚而入。 The economy failed to recover and deflation set in.
	她刚和那家伙分手。现在你正好乘虚而入！ She just broke up with the guy, it's time for you to swoop in!
	不要让自己太疲惫，否则健康问题会乘虚而入的。 Don't exhaust yourself or minor health problems will set in.
	小妞们刚开始大学第一年的生活，学长们就乘虚而入。 Seniors swoop in as young chicks enter their first year in college.
	特别是当熟悉的传统建立之后，组织僵化就有可能乘虚而入。 Especially where familiar conventions become well established, 'sclerosis' can set in.
	数个世纪缩短成一个易逝的短暂时刻，历史乱了脚步，在疏忽时被乘虚而入，如旧蛇皮般脱落。 Centuries telescoped into one evanescent moment. History was wrong footed, caught off guard. Sloughed off like an old snakeskin.
	一人说，他正在等待这次“危难深化” ，以便他乘虚而入，从那些被取消了抵押权的房屋和飞机里捞一票。 One said he was waiting for the “distress to deepen” so that he could swoop in and scoop up foreclosed homes and planes.