见风使舵 — Chinese idiom
见风使舵
jiàn fēng shǐ duò
Traditional: 見風使舵
Meaning
- lit. see the wind and set the helm ; fig. to act pragmatically
- to be flexible and take advantage of the situation
Character by character
- 见jiànto see, to observe, to meet, to appear
- 风fēngwind; air; customs, manners; news
- 使shǐcause, mission, orders; envoy, messenger, ambassad
- 舵duòhelm, rudder
Idioms sharing a character
- 一孔之见 yī kǒng zhī jiàn
- 一般见识 yī bān jiàn shi
- 一见钟情 yī jiàn zhōng qíng
- 一见高低 yī jiàn gāo dī
- 一针见血 yī zhēn jiàn xiě
- 不见不散 bù jiàn bù sàn
- 不见天日 bù jiàn tiān rì
- 不见经传 bù jiàn jīng zhuàn
- 井蛙之见 jǐng wā zhī jiàn
- 兵戎相见 bīng róng xiāng jiàn
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