change one 's tack with the wind(chéng fēng zhuǎn duò)

change one 's tack with the wind

The Chinese idiom ch é NGF ē ngzhu ǎ NDU ò in pinyin means to change attitude with the situation. It's from the memory of pingtrace.

Idioms and allusions

It's from February 1 of Zou Taofen's pingzhuiyu: "opportunistic clams are the best at steering the boat."

Discrimination of words

Common degree: general emotional color: commendatory words; grammatical usage: as predicate and object; idiom structure: combined type; generation time: Modern synonym: see the wind and turn the rudder

Chinese PinYin : chéng fēng zhuǎn duò