权宜之计 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• plan of convenience ; stop-gap measure
• makeshift stratagem
• interim step

Character by character

• 权quánauthority, power, right
• 宜yífitting, proper, right; what one should do
• 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of following ph
• 计jìto calculate, to count; to plan, to reckon; plot,

Idioms sharing a character

• 不畏强权 bù wèi qiáng quán
• 以权谋私 yǐ quán móu sī
• 丧权辱国 sàng quán rǔ guó
• 攀附权贵 pān fù quán guì
• 权宜之策 quán yí zhī cè
• 权衡利弊 quán héng lì bì
• 争权夺利 zhēng quán duó lì
• 因地制宜 yīn dì zhì yí
• 因时制宜 yīn shí zhì yí
• 坐失机宜 zuò shī jī yí

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