应机立断
yìng​jī​lì​duàn

to act on an opportunity

  • created sense approved 应机立断/應機立斷 · yìng​jī​lì​duàn · to act on an opportunity — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    应机立断 / 應機立斷

    yìng​jī​lì​duàn

    to act on an opportunity

    to make a quick and decisive judgment when an opportunity presents itself; to take prompt advantage of a situation; to act decisively at the right moment

    应 (literal) → 应/應 · yìng · to suit 机 (literal) → 机/機 · jī · opportunity 立 (literal) → 立 · lì · immediately 断 (literal) → 断/斷 · duàn · to judge

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

    created sense