顺水推舟
shùn​shuǐ​tuī​zhōu

to take advantage of a situation

  • created sense approved 顺水推舟/順水推舟 · shùn​shuǐ​tuī​zhōu · to take advantage of a situation — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    顺水推舟 / 順水推舟

    shùn​shuǐ​tuī​zhōu

    to take advantage of a situation

    literally to push a boat with the current; to use a favorable situation or a suggestion from others to achieve one's own goals with little effort

    顺水 (literal) → 顺水/順水 · shùn​shuǐ · downstream 推 (literal) → 推 · tuī · to push 舟 (literal) → 舟 · zhōu · boat

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

    created sense