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We’re sharing free Chinese learning content with you. Idioms and proverbs, full of meaning, are explored in this series. Today, we present 「順風使舵」.

Introducing the Chinese idiom 「順風使舵」: its meaning and application are provided for your understanding.

A metaphor for changing one’s attitude according to the situation (with a derogatory meaning). Same as “turn rudder with the wind”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

shùn fēng shǐ duò

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

seun6 fung1 sai2/si2 to4

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