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見風轉舵 (gin3 fung1 zyun3 to4) — trim's one's sails; changes the topic if the atmosphere is wrong in Cantonese

gin˗₃見fungˉ¹風zyun˗₃轉toˎ₄舵
简 见风转舵
Mandarin Pinyin: jian4 feng1 zhuan3 duo4

Meaning of 見風轉舵

nountrim's one's sails; changes the topic if the atmosphere is wrong

Characters in 見風轉舵

見gin3
meet; call on; visit
風fung1
certain disease supposedly caused by wind
轉zyun2
transfer; pass on; transmit
舵to4
rudder; helm

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