jiàn fēng zhuǎn duò

Traditional: 見風轉舵

见风转舵 (jiàn fēng zhuǎn duò) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. see the wind and set the helm (idiom); fig. to act pragmatically; to be flexible and take advantage of the situation”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. see the wind and set the helm (idiom); fig. to act pragmatically
  2. 2to be flexible and take advantage of the situation

Characters in 见风转舵

见jiàn · to see风fēng · wind转zhuǎn · to turn舵duò · helm

Related words

见to see见to appear看见to see; to catch sight of再见goodbye见到to see转to turn转to revolve转see 轉文|转文[zhuai3 wen2]见面to meet; to see each other意见idea听见to hear见鬼absurd

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