







待势乘时 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to bide one's time and seize the opportune moment”. To wait for the right situation to develop before taking action. Literally, “Wait for the situation, seize the time”.

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Open the tool →待势乘时 (dài shì chéng shí) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to bide one's time and seize the opportune moment”.
待势乘时 is pronounced dài shì chéng shí in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 待势乘时 means “Wait for the situation, seize the time”. It is used to mean “to bide one's time and seize the opportune moment”.
势:形势。静观形势,利用时机