当机立断

Traditional form:

當機立斷

Pinyin (reading):

dāngjīlìduàn

Definitions:

• to make prompt decisions (idiom)

Characters:

• 当 - appropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound of bells
• 机 - desk; machine; moment, opportunity
• 立 - to stand; to establish, to set up
• 断 - to sever, to cut off, to interrupt

Traditional characters:

• 當 - appropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound of bells
• 機 - desk; machine; moment, opportunity
• 立 - to stand; to establish, to set up
• 斷 - to sever, to cut off, to interrupt