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急中生智
  gap1 zung1 sang1 zi3   jyutping
  ji2 zhong1 sheng1 zhi4   pinyin
hit upon a plan (or an idea) in desperation/emergency; suddenly hit on a way out of a predicament

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Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
急中生智

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Characters in this word:

 gap1  -  urgent; desperate
 zung1 zung3  -  centre; middle; during; average; affected by
 saang1 sang1  -  born; grow; life; alive; unripe
 zi3  -  wisdom; clever
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