占便宜

佔便宜
zhànpiányí
verb #20,081

Meanings

  1. 1 to take advantage of
  2. 2 to gain an unfair benefit
  3. 3 to benefit at others' expense

Examples

Tā zǒng xǐhuān zhàn biérén de piányí.
He always likes to take advantage of others.
Zhèzhǒng piányí bù néng zhàn, chízǎo huì chūshì.
You shouldn't take this kind of advantage — sooner or later something will go wrong.

Tips

usage
占便宜 is colloquial and carries a mildly negative connotation — it implies gaining something at someone else's expense or through an unfair edge. It's not necessarily sinister; 占便宜 can be as mild as cutting in line or as serious as fraud.

Stroke Order

zhàn
便 biàn