翻云覆雨 meaning - Chinese-English Dictionary

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MEANING OF 翻云覆雨

翻云覆雨 (翻雲覆雨)

Definition 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

Idiom Describe people repeatedly or ugly

Usage

Antonym 始终如一始终不渝

中文释义唐杜甫诗《贫交行》‘翻手作云覆手雨，纷纷轻薄何须数。’后来用‘翻云覆雨’比喻反复无常或玩弄手段。

Characters 翻 fān 云 (雲) yún 覆 fù 雨 yǔ

COMMON WORDS WITH 翻云覆雨
	翻手为云覆手变雨 ( 翻手為雲覆手變雨 ) 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 / very powerful and capable (idiom) ( 翻手為雲覆手變雨 )

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