sail a boat down the river
Sailing along the river is a Chinese idiom. Its pinyin is sh ù nshu ǐ x í ngzh ō u, which means sailing along the direction of the current. It refers to speaking and acting according to the situation.
Idiom explanation
Idiom: sailing with the current
Pinyin: SH ù nshu ǐ x í ngzh ō u
Explanation: sail in the direction of the current. It refers to speaking and acting according to the situation.
Idioms and allusions
Source: the fourth chapter of a dream of Red Mansions written by Cao Xueqin in Qing Dynasty: "I heard that the master's promotion is also the power of the Jia family. This Xue pan is the relative of the Jia family. Why don't you go along with the current and make a whole person to settle the case, so that you can see the Jia family in the future."
For example: the two families, the man and the woman, sail along the river without any effort. Li Lvyuan's the lamp on the wrong road in Qing Dynasty
Discrimination of words
Usage: as object, attribute and adverbial; used in figurative sentences
Synonyms: push the boat with the current, sail with the current, push the boat with the current
Antonym: a side effect
Chinese PinYin : shùn shuǐ xíng zhōu
sail a boat down the river
rise up upon hearing the crow of a rooster and practise with the sword. wén jī qǐ wǔ