看风转舵
kàn​fēng​zhuǎn​duò

to trim one's sails

  • created reference approved 看风转舵/看風轉舵 → 看风使帆/看風使帆 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    看风转舵 / 看風轉舵 kàn​fēng​zhuǎn​duò

    看风使帆 / 看風使帆 kàn​fēng​shǐ​fān

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 看风转舵/看風轉舵 · kàn​fēng​zhuǎn​duò · to trim one's sails — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    看风转舵 / 看風轉舵

    kàn​fēng​zhuǎn​duò

    to trim one's sails

    to change one's behavior according to the circumstances; to adapt to the current situation or follow the prevailing trend

    看 (literal) → 看 · kàn · to see 风 (literal) → 风/風 · fēng · wind 转 (literal) → 转/轉 · zhuǎn · to change 舵 (literal) → 舵 · duò · rudder

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

    created sense