無隙可乘
Chinese edit
not have | crack; occasion for dislike | can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis) |
ride; mount; make use of ride; mount; make use of; take advantage of; multiply; to avail of; to ride | ||
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trad. (無隙可乘) | 無 | 隙 | 可 | 乘 | |
simp. (无隙可乘) | 无 | 隙 | 可 | 乘 | |
Literally: “there is no crack to squeeze through”. |
Pronunciation edit
Idiom edit
無隙可乘
- there is no loophole to exploit
- 有時退到該地區還無隙可乘,便不得不再退幾步,待敵發生可乘之「隙」。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1936, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《中國革命戰爭的戰略問題》 (Problems of Strategy in China's Revolutionary War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
- Yǒushí tuì dào gāi dìqū hái wúxìkěchéng, biàn bùdébù zài tuì jǐ bù, dài dí fāshēng kě chéng zhī “xì”. [Pinyin]
- Sometimes when we have retreated to the predetermined area and not yet found openings to exploit, we have to retreat farther and wait for the enemy to give us an opening.
有时退到该地区还无隙可乘,便不得不再退几步,待敌发生可乘之「隙」。 [MSC, simp.]
Antonyms edit
- 有隙可乘 (yǒuxìkěchéng)