lit. see the wind and set your sails (idiom); fig. to act pragmatically; to be flexible and take advantage of the situation
trad. 見風使帆
Also written 見風使帆【jiàn fēng shǐ fān】
Characters in this word
4见
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to see, to meet, to appear (to be sth), to interview, opinion, view
- Pinyin
- jiàn
- Traditional
- 見
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 278 of 2500
风
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wind, news, style, custom, manner, CL:陣|阵[zhen4],絲|丝[si1]
- Pinyin
- fēng
- Traditional
- 風
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 2842 of 2500
使
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to make, to cause, to enable, to use, to employ, to send, to instruct sb to do sth, envoy, messenger
- Pinyin
- shǐ
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 629 of 2500
帆
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variant of 帆[fan1]
- Pinyin
- fān
- Traditional
- 㠶
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 26368 of 2500