qiáng tóu cǎo

Traditional: 牆頭草

墙头草 (qiáng tóu cǎo) is a Chinese word meaning “sb who goes whichever way the wind blows; sb with no mind of their own; easily swayed person”.

Meanings

  1. 1sb who goes whichever way the wind blows
  2. 2sb with no mind of their own
  3. 3easily swayed person
  4. 4opportunist

Characters in 墙头草

墙qiáng · wall (CL:面[mian4],堵[du3])头tóu · head草cǎo · grass

Related words

头head头suffix for nouns头发hair (on the head)头儿leader墙wall (CL:面[mian4],堵[du3])墙variant of 牆|墙[qiang2]回头to turn round; to turn one's head石头stone镜头camera lens骨头bone头脑brains草grass

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