随波逐流 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• to drift with the waves and go with the flow ; to follow the crowd blindly

Character by character

• 随suíto follow, to listen to, to submit to
• 波bōwaves, ripples, breakers; undulations
• 逐zhúto pursue; to expel; step by step
• 流liúto flow, to drift, to circulate; class

Idioms sharing a character

• 俗随时变 sú suí shí biàn
• 入乡随俗 rù xiāng suí sú
• 如影随形 rú yǐng suí xíng
• 嫁鸡随鸡 jià jī suí jī
• 安闲随意 ān xián suí yì
• 形影相随 xíng yǐng xiāng suí
• 情随事迁 qíng suí shì qiān
• 紧随其后 jǐn suí qí hòu
• 萧规曹随 Xiāo guī Cáo suí
• 随口胡诌 suí kǒu hú zhōu

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