白云苍狗 bái yún cāng gǒu

DEFINITIONS

  1. lit. a white cloud transforms into what looks like a gray dog (idiom)
  2. fig. the unpredictable changeability of the world

CHARACTERS

白 bái
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white; pure, unblemished; bright
云 yún
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say, speak; clouds
苍 cāng
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blue; green
狗 gǒu
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dog, canis familiaris