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审时度势
shěn​shí​duó​shì

to size up the situation

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 审 審 shěn verb
    to examine
    to examine carefully; to investigate; to check or go over a document or plan
  2. 时 時 shí nounadjective
    current
    (bound form) current; present; of the moment; fashionable
  3. 度 duó verb
    to estimate
    (bound form) to estimate; to calculate; to guess
  4. 势 勢 shì noun
    situation
    (bound form) situation; circumstances; trend; tendency