act upon the opportunity

act upon the opportunity

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ì NGJ ī L ì Du à n, which means to make a quick decision. To be decisive at a critical moment. It comes from a reply to Dong'e Wang Jian.

Analysis of Idioms

A quick decision

Idiom usage

If you are a man with good hair, you should be alert and make a decision. The literary mind and the carving of Dragons

The origin of Idioms

Chen Lin's answer to Wang Jian of Dong'e in Han Dynasty: "the monarch and Marquis are talented people of the world. They hold the tools of Qingping and Ganjiang. They are silent and quick to make decisions. This is a natural gift, which is not common to those who admire them."