無隙可乘

Chinese

		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
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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúxìkěchéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄒㄧˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄔㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ gwik¹ ho² sing⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúxìkěchéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄒㄧˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúsìkěchéng
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-hsi⁴-kʻo³-chʻêng²
    • Yale: wú-syì-kě-chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wushihkeecherng
    • Palladius: усикэчэн (usikɛčɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ ɕi⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ gwik¹ ho² sing⁴
    • Yale: mòuh gwīk hó sìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ gwik⁷ ho² sing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ guig¹ ho² xing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ kʷɪk̚⁵ hɔː³⁵ sɪŋ²¹/

Idiom

無隙可乘

1. 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.]
     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.]

     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.

Antonyms

• 有隙可乘 (yǒuxìkěchéng)