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Learn about the idiom 「靈機一動」: its definition and how it’s used are detailed here.

To change one’s mind in a hurry (usually refers to coming up with a solution temporarily).

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

líng jī yī dòng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

ling4 gei1 yat1 dung6

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