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Today’s idiom is 「渾水摸魚」. We’ve outlined its meaning and practical application below.
Muddy water: unclear water. A metaphor for taking advantage of chaos to gain benefits.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
hún shuǐ mō yú
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
wan4 seui2 mo2 yu2
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