见风使舵

見風使舵

jiànfēng-shǐduò

idiom

Meanings

HSK 5

他这个人很会见风使舵，谁有权就跟谁。

Tā zhège rén hěn huì jiànfēng-shǐduò, shéi yǒuquán jiù gēn shéi.

He's good at trimming his sails: he follows whoever has the power.

HSK 7-9

开会时他先不表态，等领导发了话才见风使舵。

Kāihuì shí tā xiān bù biǎotài, děng lǐngdǎo fā le huà cái jiànfēng-shǐduò.

In meetings he holds back his view, and only after the boss has spoken does he trim his sails to match.

usage

Usually pejorative, close to calling someone a 墙头草 "fence-sitter". Also said as 看风使舵.

见 jiàn

风 fēng

使 shǐ

舵 duò