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From basics to advanced idioms, Chinese study culminates with phrases like 「便宜施行」. Explore their meaning and use in this free guide.

Today’s featured Chinese idiom is 「便宜施行」, and its meaning and usage are explained below.

It means that you can consider the situation, not be bound by any regulations, and handle it on your own without asking for instructions. Same as “do it for the sake of convenience”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

biàn yí shī háng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

pin4 yi4 si1 haang4/hong4/hang4

Chinese idioms are incredibly numerous, each carrying a special meaning and usage. This variety is a great reason to study them, and we hope these tools make that easier for you.