可乘之机

kě chéng zhī jī

(idiom) an opportunity that someone (usually a villain or adversary) can exploit

可

kě

(prefix) can; may; able to; -able

乘

chéng

old variant of 乘[cheng2]

之

zhī

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])

机

jī

(bound form) machine; mechanism