翻云覆雨

Traditional: 翻雲覆雨

fān yún fù yǔ

Dictionary entry

to produce clouds with one turn of the hand and rain with another (idiom); fig. to shift one's ground

What does 翻云覆雨 mean?

翻云覆雨 (fān yún fù yǔ) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to produce clouds with one turn of the hand and rain with another (idiom); fig. to shift one's ground

2tricky and inconstant

3to make love

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翻fānto turn over · to flip over 云yún(classical) to say 覆fùto cover · to overflow 雨yǔrain · CL:陣|阵[zhen4],場|场[chang2]

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