suí bō zhú liúdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to drift with the waves and go with the flow (idiom); to follow the crowd blindly
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Original source entry:

隨波逐流 随波逐流 [sui2 bo1 zhu2 liu2] /to drift with the waves and go with the flow (idiom); to follow the crowd blindly/

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