钻空子

lit. to drill a hole / to take advantage of a loophole / to exploit an advantage / to seize the opportunity (esp. to do sth bad)

to take advantage of a loophole; to exploit an advantage; to seize the opportunity (esp. to do sth bad)

variant of 鑽|钻[zuan4]

to drill / to bore / to get into / to make one's way into / to enter (a hole) / to thread one's way through / to study intensively / to dig into / to curry favor for personal gain

an auger / diamond

empty / air / sky / in vain

to empty / vacant / unoccupied / space / leisure / free time

gap / unoccupied space or time / fig. gap / loophole

son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat / Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / sub-

(noun suffix)