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Let us introduce the Chinese idiom 「看風使舵」, with its explanation and usage provided below.

Turn the tiller according to the wind direction. A metaphor for acting according to the trend or other people’s wishes.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

kàn fēng shǐ duò

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

hon1/hon3 fung1 sai2/si2 to4

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