随机应变
suí jī yìng biàn
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Traditional: 隨機應變
To adapt quickly to whatever happens instead of sticking to a fixed plan. Used as advice, or as praise for people who think on their feet.
Tuỳ theo tình hình mà linh hoạt đối phó, không cứng nhắc theo kế hoạch có sẵn. Dùng để khuyên, hoặc để khen người biết xoay xở nhanh.
Register: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 061 (2026-11-13). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ ; en.wiktionary Vietnamese entries via kaikki.org extract, snapshot 2026-07-31 (CC BY-SA 4.0): etymology of “tuỳ cơ ứng biến” = 隨機應變 · Vietnamese cognate: Idiomer entry “tuỳ cơ ứng biến” (tuy-co-ung-bien). Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Equivalents & related
Common questions
What does “随机应变” mean?
To adapt quickly to whatever happens instead of sticking to a fixed plan. Used as advice, or as praise for people who think on their feet. Literally: follow the moment, respond to change
Is “随机应变” formal or informal?
随机应变 is generally neutral.