「事急馬行田」
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| Pronunciation： | si6 gap1 maa5 haang4 tin4 |
| Individual Character Meaning： |
事 matter; to be engaged in; to serve; affair; thing; business; event; trouble; accident; incident; problem 急 urgent; hurry; pressing; fast; rapid; violent; strong 馬 horse; Tin Hau; marathon 行 to walk; profession; behaviour; okay; a line; a row; trip; performance; action; industry; perfunctory; "hong"; a shop; a firm; to browse; to move; to adopt; to take; dry 田 field; farm; agricultural land |
| Part of Speech： | expression |
| Explanation： |
to be flexible; to adapt to circumstances in an emergency; drastic times call for drastic measures; literally: in a crisis a horse can move in the field (a reference to the rules of Chinese chess)
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| See also： | 變通 柔軟 活 靈活 韌力 |
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