chéng​jiàn

to seize an opportunity

  • created reference approved 乘间/乘間 → 乘隙 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    乘间 / 乘間 chéng​jiàn

    乘隙 chéng​xì

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 乘间/乘間 · chéng​jiàn · to seize an opportunity — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    乘间 / 乘間

    chéng​jiàn

    to seize an opportunity

    To take advantage of a fleeting chance or a gap in time; also written as [[乘隙|乘隙|cheng2 xi4]]

    乘, 间

    乘 (literal) → 乘 · chéng · to take advantage of 间 (literal) → 间/間 · jiàn · gap

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense