隨波逐流
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to follow; to comply with; to allow to follow; to comply with; to allow; surname |
wave; (Cantonese) ball | to pursue; to chase; individually to pursue; to chase; individually; one by one |
to flow; to spread; to circulate to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (隨波逐流) | 隨 | 波 | 逐 | 流 | |
| simp. (随波逐流) | 随 | 波 | 逐 | 流 | |
| Literally: “to drift with the waves”. | |||||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄟˊ ㄅㄛ ㄓㄨˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: suéibojhúlióu
- Wade–Giles: sui2-po1-chu2-liu2
- Yale: swéi-bwō-jú-lyóu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sweibojwuliou
- Palladius: суйбочжулю (sujbočžulju)
- Sinological IPA (key): /su̯eɪ̯³⁵ pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ceoi4 bo1 zuk6 lau4
- Yale: chèuih bō juhk làuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey4 bo1 dzuk9 lau4
- Guangdong Romanization: cêu4 bo1 zug6 leo4
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɵy̯²¹ pɔː⁵⁵ t͡sʊk̚² lɐu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
隨波逐流
- (derogatory) to go with the flow; to swim with the tide; to act or behave the same way as the majority of others
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