翻云覆雨
翻云覆雨
fān yún fù yǔ
to produce clouds with one turn of the hand and rain with another (idiom); fig. to shift one's ground; tricky and inconstant; to make love
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Traditional: 翻雲覆雨
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- (verb, idiom) to produce clouds with one turn of the hand and rain with another (idiom); fig. to shift one's ground
- tricky and inconstant
- to make love
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Related Words
交(jiāo)· to hand over
→出产(chū chǎn)· to produce (by natural growth, or by manufacture, mining etc)
→大旱望云霓(dà hàn wàng yún ní)· lit. looking for rain clouds in times of drought (idiom)
→翻手为云覆手变雨(fān shǒu wéi yún fù shǒu biàn yǔ)· lit. turning his hand palm up he gathers the clouds, turning his hand palm down he turns them to rain
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