to trim one's sails with the wind; to adopt different attitude depending on the circumstances (idiom)
trad. 隨風倒舵
Also written 隨風倒舵【suí fēng dǎo duò】
Characters in this word
4随
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surname Sui
- Pinyin
- Suí
- Traditional
- 隨
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 2566 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
倒
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to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally, to fail; to go bankrupt, to overthrow, to change (trains or buses), to move around, to resell at a profit
- Pinyin
- dǎo
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 578 of 2500
舵
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helm, rudder
- Pinyin
- duò
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 20555 of 2500