见机行事
jiàn​jī​xíng​shì

to act according to circumstances

  • created reference approved 见机行事/見機行事 → 见机而行/見機而行 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    见机行事 / 見機行事 jiàn​jī​xíng​shì

    见机而行 / 見機而行 jiàn​jī'ér​xíng

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 见机行事/見機行事 · jiàn​jī​xíng​shì · to act according to circumstances — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    见机行事 / 見機行事

    jiàn​jī​xíng​shì

    to act according to circumstances

    to see an opportunity and act; to play it by ear or use one's discretion based on how a situation develops

    见机 (literal) → 见机/見機 · jiàn​jī · to watch for an opportunity 行事 (literal) → 行事 · xíng​shì · to act

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

    created sense