观机而动 (觀機而動) guān jī ér dòng

guān jī ér dòng set phrase observe an opportunity and then act
Domain: Idiom 成语
Notes: 观 in the sense of 观察, 机 in the sense of 时机, and 动 in the sense of 行动 (Guoyu '觀機而動')

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• Scroll 3 Shen Seng Chuan 神僧傳 — count: 1
• Scroll 16 Supplement to the Biographies of Eminent Monks 續高僧傳 — count: 1

Collocations

• 贫道观机而动 (貧道觀機而動) 貧道觀機而動 — Supplement to the Biographies of Eminent Monks 續高僧傳, Scroll 16 — count: 2