见机而作 (見機而作) jiàn jī ér zuò
jiàn jī ér zuò
set phrase
to observe an opportunity and act on it; to adapt to changing circumstances
Domain: Idiom 成语
Notes: (Guoyu '見機而作'; Mathews 1931 '見機而作', p. 55)
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 9 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 2 , has English translation
- Scroll 12 Quotations from Chan Master Yuanwu Foguo 圓悟佛果禪師語錄 — count: 1
- Scroll 8 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 1 , has English translation
- Scroll 6 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 1 , has English translation
- Scroll 33 Supplement to Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 續傳燈錄 — count: 1
- Scroll 1 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 1 , has English translation
- Scroll 6 Wan Song Laoren Ping Chang Tian Tong Jue Heshang Song Gu Congrong An Lu 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 — count: 1 , has English translation
- Scroll 16 Quotations from Chan Master Yuanwu Foguo 圓悟佛果禪師語錄 — count: 1
- Scroll 1 Commentary on the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā 中觀論疏 — count: 1
- Scroll 3 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 1 , has English translation