因势利导 — Chinese idiom
因势利导
yīn shì lì dǎo
Traditional: 因勢利導
Meaning
- to take advantage of the new situation
- to make the best of new opportunities
Character by character
- 因yīncause, reason; by; because
- 势shìpower, force; tendency, attitude
- 利lìgains, advantage, profit, merit
- 导dǎoto direct, to guide, to lead, to conduct
Idioms sharing a character
- 互为因果 hù wéi yīn guǒ
- 前因后果 qián yīn hòu guǒ
- 因人成事 yīn rén chéng shì
- 因人而异 yīn rén ér yì
- 因公殉职 yīn gōng xùn zhí
- 因利乘便 yīn lì chéng biàn
- 因噎废食 yīn yē fèi shí
- 因地制宜 yīn dì zhì yí
- 因小失大 yīn xiǎo shī dà
- 因循守旧 yīn xún shǒu jiù
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