見風使舵

lit. see the wind and set the helm (idiom); fig. to act pragmatically / to be flexible and take advantage of the situation

Characters and words in 見風使舵

to see / to meet / to appear (to be sth) / to interview / opinion / view

= + : Joan of Arc (ji) set up a surveillance camera (mnemonic symbol for 见) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). With its help, she can see Sun Wu Kong (儿) stapling (儿) his hat to his head.
to appear / also written 現|现[xian4]
wind / news / style / custom / manner / CL:陣|阵[zhen4],絲|丝[si1]

= + : Frankenstein's Monster has to wait in front of the engine. Because the wind is blowing, he uses pliers to disassemble a small table and builds a shelter with the parts.
to make / to cause / to enable / to use / to employ / to send / to instruct sb to do sth / envoy / messenger

使 = + : Sherlock Holmes, Rosa Luxemburg and the space station's clerk play a simultaneous game of rock paper scissors in the space station, as they have to decide who will be sent as a messenger back to earth to admit that they need another 3 000 000 000 $ funding.
helm / rudder

Words with 見風使舵

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Sentences with 見風使舵

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