急中生智

HSK 7-9

jízhōng-shēngzhì

find a solution in urgency; be ingenious under pressure

他急中生智想出办法

tā jízhōng-shēngzhì xiǎngchū bànfǎ

In the urgency, he found a solution

我只能急中生智

wǒ zhǐnéng jízhōng-shēngzhì

I could only improvise in the moment