Chinese Character Wiki

见风使舵

jiàn​fēng​shǐ​duò

to be flexible and take advantage of the situation

Definitions

见风使舵 (見風使舵) 

jiàn​fēng​shǐ​duò

lit. see the wind and set the helm (idiom); fig. to act pragmatically; to be flexible and take advantage of the situation

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45972nd most common word in books

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