one 's actions and manners change with the changes of circumstances(yī lóng yī shé)

one 's actions and manners change with the changes of circumstances

A dragon and a snake, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ī L ó ngy ī sh é, which means that it is like the appearance of a dragon and the sting of a snake. It refers to people's hiding, coming out, appearing or hiding, which changes with different situations. From Zhuangzi Shanmu.

The origin of Idioms

Zhuangzi Shanmu: "no reputation, no Zi, a dragon and a snake, keeping pace with the times." Guanzi Shuyan: "one dragon and one snake, five changes in one day, is called Zhou."

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: implicit or explicit

Idiom usage

As an object or attributive, it means unpredictable

Examples

A dragon and a snake, flying with the Tao, changing with the time, how can I keep the same Festival? (Biography of Feng Yan in the book of the later Han Dynasty)

Chinese PinYin : yī lóng yī shé