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Chinese translation for "见风使舵"

[ jiànfēngshǐduò ] 
sail with the wind; see which way the wind blows; swap horses when crossing a stream; trim one's sail to the wind [suit the wind]; veer with the wind

Related Translations:
见风使舵之人:  the vicar of bray
Example Sentences:
1.He is always temporizing and is disliked by his classmates .
他总是见风使舵,因而不受同学喜欢。
2.You can see with what nicety we have to trim our sails between chemistry and history .
你瞧在化学课和历史课之间,我们需要多么小心地见风使舵
3.A weather cock and an artful person , he spoke a lot of beautiful words to please people .
他这个人,见风使舵,八面玲珑,说了不少使大家高兴的话。
4.Let who will be king , i will be vicar of bray still
(管它谁做国王呢,我都会见风使舵的。 )
5.Politicians are a fickle lot
政客们都是见风使舵的墙头草。
6.Funny the way those newspaper men veer about when they get wind of a new opening
那些报人只要一听说哪儿有空子可钻,马上就见风使舵,煞是可笑。
7.There were a few holdouts , but they also jumped on the bandwagon toward the end of the campaign
本来有几个不让步的人,可是他们在竞选的最后阶段也见风使舵了。
Similar Words:
"见访问" Chinese translation, "见非见" Chinese translation, "见分" Chinese translation, "见风" Chinese translation, "见风长" Chinese translation, "见风使舵 顺应时世" Chinese translation, "见风使舵之人" Chinese translation, "见风驶舵" Chinese translation, "见缝插针" Chinese translation, "见夫" Chinese translation