识时务者为俊杰

Traditional: 識時務者為俊傑

shí shí wù zhě wéi jùn jié

Dictionary entry

(idiom) a wise person adapts to changing circumstances

What does 识时务者为俊杰 mean?

识时务者为俊杰 (shí shí wù zhě wéi jùn jié) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(idiom) a wise person adapts to changing circumstances

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识shíto know · knowledge 时shíold variant of 時|时[shi2]务wùaffair · business 者zhě(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... · (after a noun) person involved in ...为wéias (in the capacity of) · to take sth as 俊jùnold variant of 俊[jun4]杰jié(bound form) hero · heroic

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识时务者为俊杰

shí shí wù zhě wéi jùn jié

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