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隨大流

简 随大流 · 繁 隨大流
Mandarin · pinyin suí dà liú

Meanings

  1. to follow the crowd
  2. going with the tide
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隨
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大
dà · big, great, vast, large, high
流
liú · flow, circulate, drift; class
随
suí · follow, listen to, submit to
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2–4–2 · sui2 da4 liu2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ceoi4 daai6 lau4

Cantonese word readings for 隨大流. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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verb

  1. to follow others; to follow the majority; to go with the general trend

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