意氣用事
yì​qì​yòng​shì

to act on impulse

  • created sense approved 意气用事/意氣用事 · yì​qì​yòng​shì · to act on impulse — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    意气用事 / 意氣用事

    yì​qì​yòng​shì

    to act on impulse

    to let emotions affect one's decisions; to handle matters based on a sudden impulse rather than reason

    意气 (literal) → 意气/意氣 · yì​qì · impulse 用事 (literal) → 用事 · yòng​shì · to act

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

    created sense