见缝插针
jiàn​fèng​chā​zhēn

to make use of every opening

  • created sense approved 见缝插针/見縫插針 · jiàn​fèng​chā​zhēn · to make use of every opening — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    见缝插针 / 見縫插針

    jiàn​fèng​chā​zhēn

    to make use of every opening

    literally meaning to see a gap and stick in a needle; used to describe making use of every possible bit of time, space, or opportunity

    见 (literal) → 见/見 · jiàn · to see 缝 (literal) → 缝/縫 · fèng · crack 插 (literal) → 插 · chā · to insert 针 (literal) → 针/針 · zhēn · needle

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

    created sense