看風使帆
kàn​fēng​shǐ​fān

trim one's sails

  • created sense approved 看风使帆/看風使帆 · kàn​fēng​shǐ​fān · trim one's sails — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    看风使帆 / 看風使帆

    kàn​fēng​shǐ​fān

    trim one's sails

    to adapt to the situation; to act according to the circumstances

    看 (literal) → 看 · kàn · to see 风 (literal) → 风/風 · fēng · wind 使 (literal) → 使 · shǐ · to use 帆 (literal) → 帆 · fān · sail

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

    created sense