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见机行事

jiàn jī xíng shì

4-character word Traditional 見機行事

What 见机行事 means

1. see the opportunity and act (idiom); to act according to circumstances
2. to play it by ear
3. to use one's discretion

The characters in 见机行事

• 见jiànto see; to meet; to appear (to be sth)
• 机jī(bound form) machine; mechanism; (bound form) aircraft; (bound form) an opportunity
• 行xíng(bound form) to walk; to go; to travel; (literary) trip; journey; visit…
• 事shìmatter; thing; item