隨風倒舵
suí​fēng​dǎo​duò

to trim one's sails

  • created reference approved 随风倒舵/隨風倒舵 → 随风转舵/隨風轉舵 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    随风倒舵 / 隨風倒舵 suí​fēng​dǎo​duò

    随风转舵 / 隨風轉舵 suí​fēng​zhuǎn​duò

    same_as

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 随风倒舵/隨風倒舵 · suí​fēng​dǎo​duò · to trim one's sails — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    随风倒舵 / 隨風倒舵

    suí​fēng​dǎo​duò

    to trim one's sails

    (idiom) to adopt a different attitude depending on the circumstances; to follow the wind; to go with the flow in a pragmatic or opportunistic way

    随风 (literal) → 随风/隨風 · suí​fēng · downwind 倒 (literal) → 倒 · dào · to reverse 舵 (literal) → 舵 · duò · rudder

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

    created sense