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赶浪头

Word · Verb phraseTraditional趕浪頭

follow trends; ride the wave; go with the flow

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

verb phrase

to follow the latest trend; to ride the wave (of fashion); to do what is currently popular

informal

Often used to describe people or actions that lack originality and simply follow what is popular at the moment. Can be used neutrally or slightly pejoratively.

Bié别
zǒng总
xiǎng想
zhe着
gǎn赶
làng浪
tou头
 ,
yào要
yǒu有
zì自
jǐ己
de的
zhǔ主
jiàn见
 。

Don't always try to follow the trend; have your own opinions.

Kàn看
dào到
zhí直
bō播
dài带
huò货
huǒ火
le了
 ,
hěn很
duō多
shāng商
jiā家
dōu都
gǎn赶
làng浪
tou头
zuò做
qǐ起
le了
zhí直
bō播
 。

Seeing that live-stream shopping is booming, many merchants have jumped on the bandwagon and started live-streaming.

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Tā他
bìng并
bú不
shì是
zhēn真
de的
xǐ喜
huān欢
zhè这
kuǎn款
yóu游
xì戏
 ,
zhǐ只
shì是
zài在
gǎn赶
làng浪
tou头
 。

He doesn't really like this game; he's just following the trend.