随机应变 Suí jī yìng biàn adapt to the situation

Explanation

指根据具体情况灵活应变。

Means adapting flexibly to the specific situation.

Origin Story

话说三国时期，诸葛亮率领蜀军北伐，与曹魏大军在祁山展开激烈的对战。蜀军初战告捷，但魏军援兵陆续到达，战况急转直下。诸葛亮深知魏军兵多将广，正面强攻难以取胜，便当机立断，命令全军撤回，并采取了声东击西的策略，迷惑魏军，保存实力。魏军主将司马懿虽久经沙场，但蜀军的突然撤退和声东击西之计，仍令他一时摸不着头脑，不敢轻举妄动。诸葛亮抓住时机，派出一支精锐部队，奇袭魏军粮道，取得了意想不到的战果。此战，诸葛亮以少胜多，充分体现了他的随机应变能力。

huì shuō sānguó shíqī, zhūgě liàng shuài lǐng shǔ jūn běi fá, yǔ cáo wèi dàjūn zài qí shān zhǎnkāi jīliè de duìzhàn. shǔ jūn chū zhàn gàojié, dàn wèi jūn yuán bīng lù xù dàodá, zhàn kuàng jí zhuǎn zhí xià. zhūgě liàng shēn zhī wèi jūn bīng duō jiàng guǎng, zhèngmiàn qiáng gōng nán yǐ qǔ shèng, biàn dāngjī lìduàn, mìng lìng quán jūn chè huí, bìng cǎiqǔ le shēng dōng jī xī de cèlüè, míhuò wèi jūn, bǎocún shí lì. wèi jūn zhǔ jiàng sīmǎ yì suī jiǔ jīng shā chǎng, dàn shǔ jūn de tūrán chètuì hé shēng dōng jī xī zhī jì, réng lìng tā yī shí mō bù zhǎo tóu nǎo, bù gǎn qīng jǔ dòng. zhūgě liàng zhuā zhù shíjī, pài chū yī zhī jīng ruì bùduì, qí xí wèi jūn liáng dào, qǔdé le yì xiǎng bù dào de zhàng guǒ. cǐ zhàn, zhūgě liàng yǐ shǎo shèng duō, chōngfèn tǐxiàn le tā de suíjī yìngbiàn nénglì.

During the Three Kingdoms period, Zhuge Liang led the Shu army on a Northern Expedition and engaged in fierce battles with the Cao Wei army at Qishan. The Shu army won the initial battle, but Wei reinforcements arrived one after another, and the battle situation took a sharp turn for the worse. Zhuge Liang knew that the Wei army was far superior in numbers, and a direct attack would be difficult to win, so he made a decisive decision to order the entire army to retreat and adopted a feint strategy to confuse the Wei army and preserve its strength. Sima Yi, the main commander of the Wei army, although a seasoned general, was still momentarily baffled by the Shu army's sudden retreat and feint, and did not dare to act rashly. Zhuge Liang seized the opportunity and sent an elite unit to launch a surprise attack on the Wei army's supply lines, achieving unexpected results. In this battle, Zhuge Liang won with fewer soldiers, fully demonstrating his ability to adapt to the situation.

Usage

形容人能灵活地适应变化的情况。

xíngróng rén néng línghuó de shìyìng biànhuà de qíngkuàng.

Describes someone who can flexibly adapt to changing situations.

Examples

• 面对突发情况，他随机应变，巧妙地化解了危机。

  miàn duì tūfā qíngkuàng, tā suíjī yìngbiàn, qiǎomiào de huàjiě le wēijī.

  Faced with unexpected circumstances, he adapted to the situation and cleverly resolved the crisis.

• 在商场上，随机应变的能力非常重要。

  zài shāngchǎng shàng, suíjī yìngbiàn de nénglì fēicháng zhòngyào

  In the business world, adaptability is very important.

Related Idioms

• 见风使舵

• 临危不乱

Opposite Idioms

• 墨守成规

• 刻舟求剑