suí​bō​zhú​liú

to drift with the tide

  • created sense approved 随波逐流/隨波逐流 · suí​bō​zhú​liú · to drift with the tide — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    随波逐流 / 隨波逐流

    suí​bō​zhú​liú

    to drift with the tide

    to drift with the waves and follow the current

    随 (literal) → 随/隨 · suí · to follow 波 (literal) → 波 · bō · wave (water) 逐 (literal) → 逐 · zhú · to pursue 流 (literal) → 流 · liú · to flow

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

    created sense

  • created sense approved 随波逐流/隨波逐流 · suí​bō​zhú​liú · to follow the crowd — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    随波逐流 / 隨波逐流

    suí​bō​zhú​liú

    to follow the crowd

    to follow others blindly without having one's own opinion or direction

    随 (literal) → 随/隨 · suí · to follow 波 (literal) → 波 · bō · wave (water) 逐 (literal) → 逐 · zhú · to pursue 流 (literal) → 流 · liú · to flow

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

    created sense