Tā shànyú yīnshìlìdǎo, bǎ wēijī biànchéng le jīhuì.
He is skilled at steering with the current and turned the crisis into an opportunity.
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From Sima Qian's 《史记·孙子吴起列传》 about Sun Bin: 善战者因其势而利导之, 'the skilled warrior takes the enemy's momentum and turns it to his own advantage.' Sun Bin defeated Pang Juan by exploiting Pang's own aggressive impulse.
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Neutral-to-positive; about working with momentum rather than against it. Common in management, education, and policy contexts.
