應機立斷 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 应机立断 yìngjīlìduàn ㄧㄥˋ ㄐㄧ ㄌㄧˋ ㄉㄨㄢˋ to act on an opportunity (idiom) to take prompt advantage of a situation Character by character 應(yìng)answer 機(jī)surname Ji 立(lì)surname Li 斷(duàn)break A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0