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helm
rudder

🖌️ 舵 Strokes

掌zhǎng 舵duò

to steer (a ship)

🖌️ 掌 Strokes 🖌️ 舵 Strokes

满mǎn 舵duò

Trad. 滿舵

on full rudder
turning as sharply as possible

🖌️ 满 Strokes 🖌️ 舵 Strokes

右yòu 舵duò

right rudder

🖌️ 右 Strokes 🖌️ 舵 Strokes

左zuǒ 舵duò

left rudder

🖌️ 左 Strokes 🖌️ 舵 Strokes

舵duò 手shǒu

helmsman

🖌️ 舵 Strokes 🖌️ 手 Strokes

tiller of a boat

🖌️ 舵 Strokes 🖌️ 把 Strokes

舵duò 旁páng

helm (of a ship)

🖌️ 舵 Strokes 🖌️ 旁 Strokes

to hold the rudder
to hold (to take, to be at) the helm
to steer

🖌️ 把 Strokes 🖌️ 舵 Strokes

操cāo 舵duò

to steer (a vessel)
to hold the rudder
at the helm

🖌️ 操 Strokes 🖌️ 舵 Strokes

船chuán 舵duò

rudder
helm of a ship

🖌️ 船 Strokes 🖌️ 舵 Strokes

操cāo 舵duò 室shì

pilothouse

🖌️ 操 Strokes 🖌️ 舵 Strokes 🖌️ 室 Strokes

大dà 舵duò 手shǒu

the Great Helmsman (Mao Zedong)

🖌️ 大 Strokes 🖌️ 舵 Strokes 🖌️ 手 Strokes

顺shùn 风fēng 转zhuǎn 舵duò

Trad. 順風轉舵

to act according to whatever is the current outlook
pragmatic
unprincipled

🖌️ 顺 Strokes 🖌️ 风 Strokes 🖌️ 转 Strokes 🖌️ 舵 Strokes

随suí 风fēng 倒dǎo 舵duò

Trad. 隨風倒舵

to trim one's sails with the wind
to adopt different attitude depending on the circumstances (idiom)

🖌️ 随 Strokes 🖌️ 风 Strokes 🖌️ 倒 Strokes 🖌️ 舵 Strokes

见jiàn 风fēng 使shǐ 舵duò

Trad. 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

🖌️ 见 Strokes 🖌️ 风 Strokes 🖌️ 使 Strokes 🖌️ 舵 Strokes

见jiàn 风fēng 转zhuǎn 舵duò

Trad. 見風轉舵

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

🖌️ 见 Strokes 🖌️ 风 Strokes 🖌️ 转 Strokes 🖌️ 舵 Strokes