A temporary measure or expedient to deal with an immediate problem, not a long-term solution.
权宜暂时适宜，变通；计计划，办法。指为了应付某种情况而暂时采取的办法。
《后汉书·王允传》及在际会，每乏温润之色，杖正持重，不循权宜之计，是以群下不甚附之。”
The company used layoffs as a stopgap measure, but it was only a temporary expedient.
Learn the next connected idiom: 权宜之计 (quán yí zhī jì) → 计上心来 (jì shàng xīn lái)
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