風ふう雲うんに乗じょうずる

expression, zuru verb

ride the storm; seize the opportunity in troubled times

Rare literary expression describing an ambitious person who exploits chaotic or turbulent circumstances to advance their own position. Often carries a historical or dramatic tone.

• 彼かれは戦せん国ごくの乱らん世せいに風ふう雲うんに乗じょうじて、一いち代だいで大だい名みょうにまで成なり上あがった。

  He rode the storm of the Warring States period and rose to become a daimyo in a single generation.