事急馬行田 (si6 gap1 maa5 haang4 tin4 | ) : to be able to deal with a situation in an emergency; to be flexible, to adapt to circumstances in an emergency

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事急馬行田

si6 gap1 maa5 haang4 tin4

to be able to deal with a situation in an emergency; to be flexible, to adapt to circumstances in an emergency

in chess, the horse should move in 日 shaped grid, while only the elephant can move in 田 shaped grid. In case of emergency, horse moves in 田 shaped grid which is a violation of the chess rules.

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This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

事急馬行田

This word has been viewed 2170 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 27th Jul 2007 19:58 and last edited on 26th Feb 2014 20:24

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事 si6 - matter; affair; job; work; accident
急 gap1 - urgent; desperate
馬 maa5 - horse
行 hang4 haang4 hong4 hang6 - walk; circulate; line; trade; shop; conduct
田 tin4 - field

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