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随风倒柳

suí fēng dǎo liǔdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
lit. a willow that bends with the wind / one with no fixed principles (idiom)
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

隨風倒柳 随风倒柳 [sui2 feng1 dao3 liu3] /lit. a willow that bends with the wind/one with no fixed principles (idiom)/

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Other forms in these source records: 隨風倒柳

  • 随
    suí

    to follow / to comply with / varying according to... / to allow / subsequently

    Suí

    surname Sui

  • 风
    fēng

    wind / news / style / custom / manner / CL:陣|阵[zhèn],絲|丝[sī]

  • 倒
    dǎo

    to fall / to collapse / to lie horizontally / to fail / to go bankrupt / to overthrow / to change (trains or buses) / to move around / to resell at a profit

    dào

    to invert / to place upside down or frontside back / to pour out / to tip out / to dump / inverted / upside down / reversed / to go backward / contrary to what one might expect / but / yet

  • 柳
    liǔ

    willow

    Liǔ

    surname Liu

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.