看風使舵
Chinese
to see; to look at; to look after to see; to look at; to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard; it depends; think | wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner | to make; to cause; to enable to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; messenger | helm; rudder | ||
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trad. (看風使舵) | 看 | 風 | 使 | 舵 | |
simp. (看风使舵) | 看 | 风 | 使 | 舵 | |
Literally: “to see the wind and steer the helm”. |
Pronunciation
Idiom
看風使舵
- to bend with the wind; to change one's position, attitude, behaviour, etc. depending on the situation (usually with negative connotation)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 看風使舵 (“to bend with the wind”) [map]
Variety | Location | Words edit |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 看風使舵, 看風使帆, 看風轉舵, 看風駛船, 見風使舵, 見風轉舵, 見風使帆, 見風轉篷, 見風駛船 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 趁風使𢃇, 見風使𢃇 |
Hong Kong | 看風使𢃇, 見風使𢃇 | |
Gan | Nanchang | 見風轉舵 |
Hakka | Meixian | 看風駛船 |
Min Nan | Xiamen | 看風使篷, 看風駛船 |
Quanzhou | 看風駛船 | |
Zhangzhou | 看風駛船 | |
Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 看風使𢃇 |
Wu | Shanghai | 隨風轉舵 |
Ningbo | 看風駛船 |