識時務者為俊傑

Only an outstanding talent can recognize current trends (idiom). A wise man submits to circumstances.

to know / knowledge / Taiwan pr. [shi4]

to record / to write a footnote

o'clock / time / when / hour / season / period

to have a clear view of things / to adapt to circumstances

affair / business / matter / to be engaged in / to attend to / by all means

(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... / (after a noun) person involved in ... / -er / -ist / (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously) / (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term) / (old) (used at the end of a command) / (old) this

as (in the capacity of) / to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do / by (in the passive voice)

because of / for / to

old variant of 俊[jun4]

smart / eminent / handsome / talented

(dialectal pronunciation of 俊[jun4]) / cool / neat

variant of 俊[jun4]

elite / outstanding talent / genius

(bound form) hero / heroic / outstanding person / prominent / distinguished