# 乘人之危 (chéngrénzhīwēi)

In Mandarin Chinese, 乘人之危 (chéngrénzhīwēi) means “to take advantage of someone's plight”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to take advantage of someone's plight
- Pinyin: chéngrénzhīwēi (cheng2 ren2 zhi1 wei1)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 君子绝不会乘人之危。
  Jūnzǐ jué bù huì chéngrénzhīwēi.
  A gentleman never takes advantage of others' plight.

## Characters

- [乘](https://hanziro.com/word/cheng-ride/) (chéng): to ride; to multiply (math)
- [人](https://hanziro.com/word/ren-person/) (rén): person; people
- [之](https://hanziro.com/word/zhi-possessive-marker/) (zhī): (particle) possessive marker; him, her, it
- 危 (wēi): danger; to endanger

https://hanziro.com/word/cheng-ren-zhi-wei-take-advantage-someones/

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