当机立断 — Chinese idiom
当机立断
dāng jī lì duàn
Traditional: 當機立斷
Meaning
- to make prompt decisions
Character by character
- 当dāngappropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound o
- 机jīdesk; machine; moment, opportunity
- 立lìto stand; to establish, to set up
- 断duànto sever, to cut off, to interrupt
Idioms sharing a character
- 一马当先 yī mǎ dāng xiān
- 上当受骗 shàng dàng shòu piàn
- 势不可当 shì bù kě dāng
- 大敌当前 dà dí dāng qián
- 大而无当 dà ér wú dàng
- 安步当车 ān bù dàng chē
- 对酒当歌 duì jiǔ dāng gē
- 悔不当初 huǐ bù dāng chū
- 悲歌当哭 bēi gē dàng kū
- 旗鼓相当 qí gǔ xiāng dāng
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