Chinese symbol for “opportunist”
墙头草
qiáng tóu cǎo
Traditional: 牆頭草
sb who goes whichever way the wind blows; sb with no mind of their own; easily swayed person; opportunist
The closest CC-CEDICT match for opportunist is 墙头草 (qiáng tóu cǎo), defined as: sb who goes whichever way the wind blows; sb with no mind of their own; easily swayed person; opportunist.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 墙头草.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 城墙 (城牆) | chéng qiáng | city wall |
| 墙壁 (牆壁) | qiáng bì | wall |
| 围墙 (圍牆) | wéi qiáng | perimeter wall; fence |
| 防火墙 (防火牆) | fáng huǒ qiáng | firewall |
| 外墙 (外牆) | wài qiáng | facade; external wall |
| 墙面 (牆面) | qiáng miàn | the surface of a wall (esp. an interior wall) |
| 头发 (頭髮) | tóu fa | hair (on the head) |
| 街头 (街頭) | jiē tóu | street |
| 草案 | cǎo àn | draft (legislation, proposal etc) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “opportunist”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.