汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 混水摸魚
hún shuǐ mō yú
混水摸魚 (混水摸鱼)
to fish in troubled water (idiom); to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain / also written 渾水摸魚|浑水摸鱼
Metaphorically take advantage of the chaos to profit from it
渾圓 圓滑 世故 隨波逐流 見風使舵 油滑 八面玲瓏
同‘浑水摸鱼 ’。
混 hùn/hún 水 shuǐ 摸 mō/mó 鱼 (魚) yú
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

趁火打劫(混水摸鱼)。

Fish in troubled waters.

你喜欢趁机混水摸鱼。

You delight to fish in troubled waters.

小心那些混水摸鱼的人。

Beware of those who fish in troubled waters.

设计是明确沟通，不是混水摸鱼。

Design is clearly communicated, not to fish in troubled waters.

他们所要做的就是挑拨离间，混水摸鱼。

All they wanted was to make bad blood between them and fish in troubled waters.

因此，周六上班的纪律监督与服务质量依然不能松懈，不能让美其名曰“周六加班”成了“混水摸鱼”的幌子。

Therefore, the supervision on the discipline and service should not be any looser on Saturday.

Subtitled Videos