- see the opportunity and act (idiom); to act according to circumstances
- to play it by ear
- to use one's discretion
Characters
- 见 (見): to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth); to interview; opinion; view
- 机 (機): surname Ji
- 行 (行): row; line; commercial firm; line of business; profession; to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age); (in data tables) row; (Tw) column
- 事 (事): matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
Resources
- Wiktionary: 见机行事
- MDBG: 见机行事
- Examples with 见机行事 on Tatoeba
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