審時度勢
shěn​shí​duó​shì

to size up the situation

  • created sense approved 审时度势/審時度勢 · shěn​shí​duó​shì · to size up the situation — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    审时度势 / 審時度勢

    shěn​shí​duó​shì

    to size up the situation

    To carefully study the current state of affairs and weigh how things are likely to develop; to judge the hour and take stock of the situation.

    shěn​shí​duò​shì

    审 (literal) → 审/審 · shěn · to examine 时 (literal) → 时/時 · shí · current 度 (literal) → 度 · duó · to estimate 势 (literal) → 势/勢 · shì · situation

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

    created sense