投隙抵罅

投隙抵罅 in English

tóu xì dǐ xià
(idiom) To exploit gaps or opportunities in a situation for one's own ends, often through self-serving manoeuvres. The expression is generally derogatory.

Character breakdown

Stroke order

Le caractère 投 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ
Numbered strokes
Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 投 Show the animation

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

Le caractère 抵 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ
Numbered strokes
Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 抵 Show the animation

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

How it used to be written

投

隙

  • Small seal script: 隙 Small seal script

抵

  • Small seal script: 抵 Small seal script
  • Qin bamboo slips: 抵 Qin bamboo slips 秦

罅

  • Small seal script: 罅 Small seal script

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

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