随风倒柳
suí​fēng​dǎo​liǔ

man of no fixed principle

  • created sense approved 随风倒柳/隨風倒柳 · suí​fēng​dǎo​liǔ · man of no fixed principle — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    随风倒柳 / 隨風倒柳

    suí​fēng​dǎo​liǔ

    man of no fixed principle

    (idiom) a person who lacks strong convictions and easily changes their opinions or loyalties to suit the situation; literally a willow that bends with the wind

    随风 (literal) → 随风/隨風 · suí​fēng · downwind 倒 (literal) → 倒 · dǎo · to fall 柳 (literal) → 柳 · liǔ · willow

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

    created sense