權宜之計

Chinese

		expedient; convenient	's; him/her/it; this	to calculate; to compute; to count to calculate; to compute; to count; reckon; ruse; to plan
trad. (權宜之計)		權宜	之	計
simp. (权宜之计)		权宜	之	计

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): quányízhījì

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄧˊ ㄓ ㄐㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kyun⁴ ji⁴ zi¹ gai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: quányízhījì
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄧˊ ㄓ ㄐㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyuányíjhihjì
    • Wade–Giles: chʻüan²-i²-chih¹-chi⁴
    • Yale: chywán-yí-jr̄-jì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyuanyijyjih
    • Palladius: цюаньичжицзи (cjuanʹičžiczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ i³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kyun⁴ ji⁴ zi¹ gai³
    • Yale: kyùhn yìh jī gai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kyn⁴ ji⁴ dzi¹ gai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: kün⁴ yi⁴ ji¹ gei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰyːn²¹ jiː²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵ kɐi̯³³/

Idiom

權宜之計

1. expedient measure; stopgap; makeshift stratagem

   • 杖正持重，不循權宜之計，是以群下不甚附之。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     杖正持重，不循权宜之计，是以群下不甚附之。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of the Later Han, circa 5^th century CE

     Zhàng zhèng chízhòng, bù xún quányízhījì, shìyǐ qúnxià bù shèn fù zhī. [Pinyin]

     He is upright and prudent, and does not follow expedient measures, so his subordinates do not support him much.

   • 我叫你去，不過權宜之計，如何卻做出這般沒天理事體。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     我叫你去，不过权宜之计，如何却做出这般没天理事体。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Feng Menglong, Stories to Awaken the World, 1627 CE

     Wǒ jiào nǐ qù, bùguò quányízhījì, rúhé què zuòchū zhèbān méi tiānlǐ shìtǐ. [Pinyin]

     I asked you to go as a temporary measure, why did you do something so unreasonable?

Antonyms

• 百年之計／百年之计

References

• “權宜之計”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.