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見gin3風fung1駛sai2舵to4

gin3 fung1 sai2 to4jiàn fēng shǐ duòinferred

English

  1. see which way the wind is blowing

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 本來比喻隨機應變,視情況而行動。後來變為貶義,指只睇利益同形勢而改變立場。又作「見風使帆」。

Examples

  • 阿翰份人冇乜原則,最叻見風使𢃇。

    John has no principles, and he changes his mind simply by seeing which way the wind is blowing.

Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk

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