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见风使舵
jiàn fēng shǐ duò
What 见风使舵 means
- lit. see the wind and set the helm (idiom); fig. to act pragmatically
- to be flexible and take advantage of the situation
The characters in 见风使舵
- 见jiànto see; to meet; to appear (to be sth)
- 风fēngwind; news; style
- 使shǐto make; to cause; to enable
- 舵duòhelm; rudder
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