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

to make / to cause / to enable / to use / to employ / to send / to instruct sb to do sth / envoy / messenger

helm / rudder

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

to appear / also written 現|现[xian4]

wind / news / style / custom / manner / CL:陣|阵[zhen4],絲|丝[si1]