相時而動
xiàng​shí'ér​dòng

to bide one's time

  • created sense approved 相时而动/相時而動 · xiàng​shí'ér​dòng · to bide one's time — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    相时而动 / 相時而動

    xiàng​shí'ér​dòng

    to bide one's time

    Watch for the right moment before taking action; wait for a favorable opportunity.

    相 (literal) → 相 · xiàng · to appraise 时 (literal) → 时/時 · shí · opportunity 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · [adverbial linker] 动 (literal) → 动/動 · dòng · to act

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

    created sense