见机行事
Traditional form:
見機行事
Pinyin (reading):
jiànjīxíngshì
Definitions:
- see the opportunity and act (idiom); to act according to circumstances
- to play it by ear
- to use one's discretion
Characters:
- 见 - to see, to observe, to meet, to appear
- 机 - desk; machine; moment, opportunity
- 行 - to go, to walk, to move; professional
- 事 - affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
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