順水推舟
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Chinese[edit]
downstream; with the stream | push; refuse (responsibility); shove | boat | ||
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trad. (順水推舟) | 順水 | 推 | 舟 | |
simp. (顺水推舟) | 顺水 | 推 | 舟 | |
Literally: “to push the boat along the current”. |
Pronunciation[edit]
Idiom[edit]
順水推舟
- to do something with the prevailing climate or tendency; to take advantage of the situation
Synonyms[edit]
Dialectal synonyms of 順水推舟 (“to do something with the prevailing climate or tendency; to take advantage of the situation”) [map]
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