情急智生 — “Urgency begets wit”
情急智生 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to come up with a clever solution or a good idea in a moment of crisis or urgency; quick wit in an emergency”. Literally, “Urgency begets wit”.
情急智生 Pronunciation and Pinyin
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More idioms starting with 情
- qíng情bù不kě可què却cannot decline due to sentiment
- qíng情bù不zì自kān堪overwhelmed by emotions
- qíng情bù不zì自yǐ已unable to control one's emotions
- qíng情bù不zì自jīn禁unable to restrain one's feelings
- qíng情bù不zì自shèng胜overcome by emotion
- qíng情zhī之suǒ所zhōng钟where one's heart is deeply set
- qíng情rén人yǎn眼lǐ里chū出xī西shī施Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
- qíng情qī凄yì意qiè切deeply grieved and distressed
- qíng情tóng同yī一jiā家feel like one family
- qíng情tóng同shǒu手zú足as close as brothers
- qíng情tóng同yáng羊zuǒ左bosom friends willing to die for each other
- qíng情tóng同gǔ骨ròu肉as close as flesh and blood
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What does 情急智生 mean?
情急智生 (qíng jí zhì shēng) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to come up with a clever solution or a good idea in a moment of crisis or urgency; quick wit in an emergency”.
How do you pronounce 情急智生?
情急智生 is pronounced qíng jí zhì shēng in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 情急智生 literally mean?
Literally, 情急智生 means “Urgency begets wit”. It is used to mean “to come up with a clever solution or a good idea in a moment of crisis or urgency; quick wit in an emergency”.
What is the Chinese definition of 情急智生?
情况紧急时，突然想出应变的好办法。