见机行事 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 見機行事 jiànjīxíngshì ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄕˋ to play it by ear to use one's discretion Character by character 见(jiàn)see 机(jī)surname Ji 行(xíng)go 事(shì)matter A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0