见机而作
jiàn​jī'ér​zuò

to act according to circumstances

  • created sense approved 见机而作/見機而作 · jiàn​jī'ér​zuò · to act according to circumstances — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    见机而作 / 見機而作

    jiàn​jī'ér​zuò

    to act according to circumstances

    To take advantage of an opportunity as it arises; to act as the situation demands rather than following a rigid plan.

    见机 (literal) → 见机/見機 · jiàn​jī · as circumstances dictate 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · [adverbial linker] 作 (literal) → 作 · zuò · to rise

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

    created sense