Our goal is to provide you with free Chinese learning tools. This series highlights idioms and proverbs, full of meaning and adaptable to many contexts. The featured idiom is 「觸機便發」, with details below.
The featured idiom 「觸機便發」 is explained here, including its meaning and how to use it.
Ji: The arrow-releasing device on a crossbow. Originally refers to the arrow launcher on a crossbow. Once triggered, the arrow will be shot out. Later it also refers to people who will attack when they encounter an opportunity.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
chù jī biàn fā
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
juk1 gei1 bin6 faat3
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