随风倒舵

随风倒舵
suífēngdǎoduò

to trim one's sails with the wind

2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings

MEANING

  1. verb

    to trim one's sails with the wind

    • He always goes with the wind.

  2. verb

    to adopt different attitude depending on the circumstances (idiom)

    • He always trims his sails with the wind, having no opinions of his own.

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解字

CHARACTER ANALYSIS
  • (earthen mound; village; hamlet)RADICAL
  • (follow; accompany (in sound))PHONETIC

Following someone else through villages and neighborhoods is the meaning of the character 随.

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