- to gain advantage by any means, fair or foul; to be opportunistic; to be full of tricks
Characters
- 投 (投): to cast; to send; to throw oneself (into the river etc); to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of
- 机 (機): surname Ji
- 取 (取): to take; to get; to choose; to fetch
- 巧 (巧): opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skillful; timely
Resources
- Wiktionary: 投机取巧
- MDBG: 投机取巧
- Examples with 投机取巧 on Tatoeba
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