可乘之机

Traditional: 可乘之機

kě chéng zhī jī

Dictionary entry

(idiom) an opportunity that someone (usually a villain or adversary) can exploit

What does 可乘之机 mean?

可乘之机 (kě chéng zhī jī) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(idiom) an opportunity that someone (usually a villain or adversary) can exploit

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可kě(prefix) can; may; able to; -able · to approve; to permit 乘Chéngsurname Cheng 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) · him 机Jīsurname Ji

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可乘之机

kě chéng zhī jī

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