见机行事

see the opportunity and act (idiom); to act according to circumstances / to play it by ear / to use one's discretion

to see / to meet / to appear (to be sth) / to interview / opinion / view

to appear / also written 現|现[xian4]

(bound form) machine; mechanism / (bound form) aircraft / (bound form) an opportunity / (bound form) crucial point; pivot / (bound form) quick-witted; flexible / (bound form) organic

row / line / commercial firm / line of business / profession / to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age) / (in data tables) row / (Tw) column

to walk / to go / to travel / a visit / temporary / makeshift / current / in circulation / to do / to perform / capable / competent / effective / all right / OK! / will do / behavior / conduct / Taiwan pr. [xing4] for the behavior-conduct sense

to execute / to handle / behavior / action / conduct

matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]