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

can˗₃趁heoiˉ¹墟daaˊ²打siˏ₅市
Mandarin Pinyin: chen4 xu1 da3 shi4

Meaning of 趁墟打市

nounloot a burning house, take adventage of sb.'s misfortune (lit., "to go to the market, to go to the fair")
nounto go to market

Characters in 趁墟打市

趁can3
take advantage of; while; avail oneself of; when; now that
墟heoi1
ruins; ghost town
打daa2
dozen
市si5
market; fair; marketplace

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