Daily Chinese Proverb: To Fish in Troubled Water

Posted by Charlie @ Discovering Mandarin Saturday, 17 October 2009 2 comments

This Chinese proverb describes someone taking advantage of a confused situation. It is similiar in use to 趁火打劫 (to loot a burning house.)

浑水摸鱼
hún ​shuǐ ​mō ​yú​
to fish in troubled water

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