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当机立断

dāng jī lì duàn

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 當機立斷

当机立断 (dāng jī lì duàn) means "to make prompt decisions (idiom)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 当机立断 means

1. to make prompt decisions (idiom)

The characters in 当机立断

• 当dāng(onomatopoeia) dong; ding dong (bell)
• 机jī(bound form) machine; mechanism; (bound form) aircraft; (bound form) an opportunity
• 立lìto stand; to set up; to establish
• 断duànto break; to snap; to cut off

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