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We strive to offer you free Chinese learning resources. This series focuses on idioms and proverbs, which are rich in meaning and can be used in various situations. Today’s idiom is 「審時度勢」, and its meaning and usage are explained below.

Here is the Chinese idiom 「審時度勢」, along with its meaning and how it is used.

Review: study carefully; time: current situation; degree: estimate; trend: development trend. Observe and analyze current situations and estimate changes in circumstances.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

shěn shí dù shì

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

sam2 si4 dou6/dok6/dou2 sai3

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