Memory phrase for the character: 舵
舵
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Meaning
helm, rudder
Pronunciation
duò
Explanation
Left: boat 舟 (rowing boat with two persons 丶丶), right: it (lifeless) 它 (Here: [boat-] bridge 宀, sitting person 匕)
Mnemonic
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On the boat is a sitting person on the bridge at the: helm/rudder.
Radicals
舟
boat It shows the image of a rowing boat without a stern, with two people, oars laid across and the bow at the top.
它
it (lifeless things)
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Vocabulary
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舵手
duò shǒu
helmsman
顺风转舵
shùn fēng zhuǎn duò
to act according to whatever is the current outlook; pragmatic; unprincipled
随风倒舵
suí fēng dǎo duò
to trim one's sails with the wind; to adopt different attitude depending on the circumstances (idiom)
随风倒舵
suí fēng dǎo duò