借风驶船
jiè​fēng​shǐ​chuán

to sail with the wind

  • created sense approved 借风驶船/借風駛船 · jiè​fēng​shǐ​chuán · to sail with the wind — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    借风驶船 / 借風駛船

    jiè​fēng​shǐ​chuán

    to sail with the wind

    to take advantage of a favorable situation or use others to achieve one's own goals

    借 (literal) → 借 · jiè · to make use of 风 (literal) → 风/風 · fēng · wind 驶 (literal) → 驶/駛 · shǐ · to drive 船 (literal) → 船 · chuán · boat

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense