suí fēng dǎo duòdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to trim one's sails with the wind / to adopt different attitude depending on the circumstances (idiom)
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Original source entry:

隨風倒舵 随风倒舵 [sui2 feng1 dao3 duo4] /to trim one's sails with the wind/to adopt different attitude depending on the circumstances (idiom)/

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随风倒舵
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